RESEARCH ARTICLE

Concentrating aqueous hydrochloric acid by multiple-effect membrane distillation

  • Rongling LIU 1 ,
  • Yingjie QIN , 1 ,
  • Xiaojun LI 1 ,
  • Liqiang LIU 2
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  • 1. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 2. Chembrane Engineering & Technology, Inc. Tianjin 300308, China

Received date: 04 Mar 2012

Accepted date: 29 Apr 2012

Published date: 05 Sep 2012

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2014 Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

Abstract

Multiple-effect membrane distillation (MEMD) using a hollow fiber-based air-gap membrane distillation module was experimentally examined for concentrating dilute aqueous hydrochloric acid. The effects of the hot and cold feed-in temperatures, and the feed-in volumetric flow rates on the performance of the MEMD process were studied. The performance was evaluated using the performance ratio (PR), the average selectivity of water over HCl (βavg) and the permeation flux (N). Two types of porous fibers made from polypropylene were used to fabricate the MEMD modules. The experimental data indicated that hollow fibers with high porosity were preferred for the MEMD process. The PR, βavg and N all decreased as the feed concentration increased. When the feed concentration was below 12 wt-%, the PR was 6.0 – 9.6 and βavg was 10 – 190. When the concentration of HCl reached 18 wt-%, the PR and βavg were about 4.4 and 2.3, respectively. However, βavg sharply decreased to around 1.0 when the feed was further concentrated. During an operational stability test that lasted for 30 days, the performance of the MEMD modules remained good.

Cite this article

Rongling LIU , Yingjie QIN , Xiaojun LI , Liqiang LIU . Concentrating aqueous hydrochloric acid by multiple-effect membrane distillation[J]. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2012 , 6(3) : 311 -321 . DOI: 10.1007/s11705-012-1207-3

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Miaomiao Liu, Kun Yao and Huan Wang for their sincere assistance.
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