The Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Technology discussed the doctoral thesis.

Organic Solvent Separation from Refinery Wastewater by Pervaporation Process: Experimental, Thermodynamics, Modeling, and Simulation Study

On Thursday, September 21, 2023, the student Salam Hussein Rashid’s thesis aimed to treat water present in refinery waste, where an advanced polydimethylsiloxane membrane (PDMSTM4060) was used to separate soluble benzene (C6H6) and soluble toluene (C7H8) from an aqueous solution. Through the pervaporation process.

A mathematical model of hydrophobic membranes was developed to elucidate the mechanism of transport of organic solvents and water across these membranes and to be able to predict membrane performance under different conditions. The predicted results were validated by experimental data, and in order to predict how non-ideal VOCs and water systems would behave in the PDMS membrane, a UNIQUAC model based on the UNIQUAC model and a conventional driving force model was used to simulate the transport of VOCs and water across the PDMSTM4060 membrane.

The discussion committee consisted of Prof. Dr. Adnan Abdel-Jabbar Abdel-Razzaq as Chairman, and Prof. Dr. Khaled Murshid Awaid and Prof. Dr. Khaled Turki Rashid and Assist Prof. Dr.  Riad Sadiq Muhammad Saleh and Assist Prof. Dr. Jinan Abdul Karim Abdul Razzaq, under the supervision of Assist Prof. Dr.   Salah Salman Ibrahim and consulting with Professor Dr. Qusay Fadel Abdel Hamid. In addition to the scientific evaluation of the thesis by Prof. Dr. Saleh Abdel-Jabbar Saleh from Al-Qadisiyah University and Prof. Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Muhammad from the University of Baghdad. And linguistically by Assist Prof. Dr.   Alaa Abdel Hadi from the University of Technology. The thesis was accepted with a grade of (excellence).