A PROCESS FOR SEPARATING MIXTURES OF WATER AND AN ORGANIC COMPOUNDAND A WATER-SELECTIVE PERMEATION MEMBRANE

摘要

A water-selective permeation membrane and a process for the separation of water from water-miscible organic compounds, comprising contacting a mixture of water and an organic compound against one side of a membrane comprising a salt of an anionic polysaccharide (e.g. an anionic cellulose derivative) or blends thereof with a polyanion which is not a polysaccharide, and withdrawing at the other side of said membrane a mixture having a higher concentration of water.