Recent progress on hybrid reactive-extractive distillation for azeotropic separation: A short review

ZY Kong, J Sunarso, A Yang - Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The reactive-extractive distillation (RED) has the advantages of combining the beneficial
features of both reaction and separation processes. Relative to the conventional reactive or …

Process intensification from conventional to advanced distillations: Past, present, and future

ZY Kong, E Sánchez-Ramírez, A Yang, W Shen… - … Research and Design, 2022 - Elsevier
This perspective paper features the process intensification (PI) application for advanced
distillation-based processes. Starting with the historical background of generic PI, we …

Simulated annealing-based optimal design of energy efficient ternary extractive dividing wall distillation process for separating benzene-isopropanol-water mixtures

M Li, Y Cui, X Shi, Z Zhang, X Zhao, X Zhu… - Chinese Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This article investigates the performances of different extractive distillation processes
intensified with dividing-wall column for separating benzene-isopropanol-water ternary …

Rethinking energy use in distillation processes for a more sustainable chemical industry

AA Kiss, R Smith - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The need for greater sustainability for the production of fuels and chemicals has spurred
significant research to rethink energy use in the chemical industry, and eventually substitute …

Sustainable design and multi-objective optimization of eco-efficient extractive distillation with single and double entrainer (s) for separating the ternary azeotropic …

A Yang, W Wang, S Sun, T Shi, J Ren, M Bai… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sustainable process for the separation of ternary azeotropic mixture tetrahydrofuran/ethanol/
methanol should be developed to recycle value-added organic components and protect …

Investigation on ternary system tetrahydrofuran/ethanol/water with three azeotropes separation via the combination of reactive and extractive distillation

Y Su, A Yang, S Jin, W Shen, P Cui, J Ren - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, a systematic method for conceptual design and multi-objective optimization of
an energy-efficient and sustainable reactive/extractive distillation (RED) process is proposed …

Optimal design and effective control of triple-column extractive distillation for separating ethyl acetate/ethanol/water with multiazeotrope

A Yang, H Zou, IL Chien, D Wang, S Wei… - Industrial & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The separation of the ternary nonideal system ethyl acetate (EtAC)/ethanol (EtOH)/water
with multiazeotropes is very important since they are always generated in the production …

Multi-objective optimization of the intensified extractive distillation with side-reboiler for the recovery of ethyl acetate and methanol from wastewater

A Yang, L Ernawati, M Wang, ZY Kong… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work explores the recovery of ethyl acetate (EtAC) and methanol (MeOH) from
wastewater stream using three different extractive distillation (ED) processes, ie, the triple …

Optimization and control of energy saving side-stream extractive distillation with heat integration for separating ethyl acetate-ethanol azeotrope

T Shi, W Chun, A Yang, Y Su, S Jin, J Ren… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Currently, limited efforts have focused on the multi-objective optimization and effective
control of the side-stream extractive distillation processes (EDS). Herein, the EDS and a heat …

Insights on sustainable separation of ternary azeotropic mixture tetrahydrofuran/ethyl acetate/water using hybrid vapor recompression assisted side-stream extractive …

A Yang, ZY Kong, J Sunarso, Y Su, Q Wang… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The energy-efficiency of the traditional distillation-based processes are low, which results in
waste of resources and environmental pollution. Therefore, a sustainable extractive …