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 …

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 …

Design and optimization of hybrid reactive-extractive distillation for ternary azeotropic separation: A case considering the effect of side reactions

ZY Kong, A Yang, CC Tsai, VSK Adi… - Industrial & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hybrid reactive-extractive distillation (RED) has been popular for separating azeotropic
mixtures, as it combines the chemical reaction and physical azeotropic separation in a …

Novel energy-efficient designs of heterogeneous azeotropic distillation for separating ternary organic wastewater based on self-heat recuperation technology

H Wu, Q Ye, J Li, Z Xu, J Pan - Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2024 - Elsevier
The presence of a heterogeneous region in the ternary diagram of 1, 4-dioxane/water/ethyl
acetate allows for separation by conventional three-column heterogeneous azeotropic …

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 …

An intensified energy-saving architecture for side-stream extractive distillation of four-azeotrope mixtures considering economic, environmental and safety criteria …

S Sun, L Fu, A Yang, W Shen - Separation and Purification Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Side-stream extractive distillation is used in separating azeotropic mixtures due to its
advantages in energy-saving. However, environmental and safety aspects should also be …

Co-valorisation of sewage sludge and poultry litter waste for hydrogen production: Gasification process design, sustainability-oriented optimization, and systematic …

T Shi, J Zhou, J Ren, Y Ayub, H Yu, W Shen, Q Li… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, a co-gasification process of sewage sludge and the poultry litter for hydrogen
production was developed which involves gasification, water gas shift reaction, acid gas …

Improved design of heat-pump extractive distillation based on the process optimization and multi-criteria sustainability analysis

T Shi, Y Liu, H Yu, A Yang, S Sun, W Shen… - Computers & Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to achieve the sustainable separation design of azeotropic mixtures, this study
proposed a systematic framework for distillation process optimization and intensification …

Investigation of energy-efficient and sustainable reactive/pressure-swing distillation processes to recover tetrahydrofuran and ethanol from the industrial effluent

A Yang, Y Su, L Teng, S **, T Zhou, W Shen - Separation and Purification …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, we report an approach for conceptual design and optimization of an energy-
saving and sustainable reactive/pressure-swing distillation process to separate a ternary …

Towards energy saving and carbon reduction of pressure-swing distillation for separating the ternary azeotropic mixtures by thermodynamic insights and process …

A Yang, ZY Kong, J Sunarso, W Shen - Separation and Purification …, 2022 - Elsevier
The recovery and separation of organic solvents such as tetrahydrofuran (THF), ethanol
(EtOH), and methanol (MeOH) are important to protect the environment and save resources …