Review of extractive distillation. Process design, operation, optimization and control

V Gerbaud, I Rodriguez-Donis, L Hegely, P Lang… - … Research and Design, 2019 - Elsevier
Extractive distillation processes enable the separation of non-ideal mixtures, including
minimum or maximum boiling azeotropes and low relative volatility mixtures. Unlike …

The evolution of process design and control for ternary azeotropic separation: Recent advances in distillation and future directions

ZY Kong, HY Lee, J Sunarso - Separation and Purification Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The presence of the azeotropes in the binary mixture has resulted in the individual
components cannot be effectively separated using the conventional distillation technique …

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 …

Design and control of pressure‐swing distillation for separating ternary systems with three binary minimum azeotropes

A Yang, W Shen, S Wei, L Dong, J Li… - AIChE Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The separation of ternary nonideal systems with multi‐azeotrope is very important because
they are often found in the waste of chemical and pharmaceutical industries, which is much …

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 …

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 …

Extractive distillation: Advances in conceptual design, solvent selection, and separation strategies

S Sun, L Lü, A Yang, W Shen - Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Extractive distillation (ED) is one of the most promising approaches for the separation of the
azeotropic or close-boiling mixtures in the chemical industry. The purpose of this paper is to …

Investigation of an energy-saving double-thermally coupled extractive distillation for separating ternary system benzene/toluene/cyclohexane

A Yang, Y Su, IL Chien, S Jin, C Yan, W Shen - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
An intensified scheme for the separation of ternary azeotropic system is explored to reduce
the energy consumption and recycle important organic solvents. Herein, a novel double …

Multi-objective optimization of organic Rankine cycle system for the waste heat recovery in the heat pump assisted reactive dividing wall column

A Yang, Y Su, W Shen, IL Chien, J Ren - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The application of heat pump (HP) technique to reactive dividing wall column (RDWC)
achieving energy-saving has received more and more attention, however, massive low …

Energy-saving investigation for diethyl carbonate synthesis through the reactive dividing wall column combining the vapor recompression heat pump or different …

A Yang, S Sun, A Eslamimanesh, W Shen - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The design of the diethyl carbonate (DEC) production process has received much attention
due to its key role as the oxygenated gasoline additive with much fewer environmental and …