Dehydration of Ethanol on Zeolite based media using adsorption process

• Main Authors: R. H. Abdeen, Fouad, Mel, Maizirwan, Al-Khatib, Ma'an Fahmi Rashid, Azmi, Azlin Suhaida
• Format: Proceeding Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: TP155 Chemical engineering; TP248.13 Biotechnology; TP315 Fuel
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/8145/1/096_CUTSE-2011-Paper_Fouad.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/8145/; http://www.curtin.edu.my/cutse2011/

Fossil fuels diminution and the following increase in fuels price have directed researchers towards producing fuel ethanol from biological materials. The main challenge encountered in such production process is the removal of large excess amount of water within the produced ethanol. Distillation,...