Table 1.

Comparison of dehydration of ethanol through various membranes.

Membrane System	Conditions	Flux (g/m2.hr)	Separation Factor	Reference
PDMS-b-PPO Membranes Modified with Graphene Oxide	4.4–70 wt.% water in water-ethanol mixture at 22 °C.	80–90	72–34	[59]
PVA/PAN-Aluminosilicate membrane	Ethanol-water (10 wt.%) at 35 °C	51	141	[60]
PVA–SiO2/poly(AN-co-MA) membrane	Ethanol-water (10 wt.%) at 34 °C	44	72.8	[61]
PVA-SiO2/PAN membrane	Ethanol-water (10 wt.%) at 60 °C	390	20	[32]
POSS-GO/PDMS membrane	Ethanol-water (5 wt.%) at RT	1347	11.2	[62]
CPVA-g-C3N4-4/PAN membrane	Ethanol-water (10 wt.%) at RT	6332	30.7	[63]
NR/PMMA-RAFT-SiO2 hybrid membrane	Ethanol-water (20 vol%) at RT	2244	19	[64]
AgNPs-PVA membrane	Ethanol-water (10 wt.%) at 40 °C	127	43.6	[65]
rGO/PVA membrane	Ethanol-water (20 wt.%) at 50 °C	56	51.2	[66]
PVA-GO-CNT-COOH hybrid membrane	Ethanol-water (10 wt.%) at 23 °C	870	523	This work