摘要 |
Methanol is separated from formaldehyde aqueous mixtures by contacting the aqueous mixture feed with a first surface of a polymeric membrane selectively permeable to the methanol over the formaldehyde or formaldehyde and water; while maintaining a second and opposite membrane surface at a lower chemical potential than the first membrane surface for the methanol permeating a portion of the methanol into and through the membrane, and withdrawing from the second membrane surface a mixture having a higher total concentration of methanol in relationship to the formaldehyde or formaldehyde and water than in the methanol, formaldehyde aqueous feed mixtures.
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