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 …

Towards sustainable separation of the ternary azeotropic mixture based on the intensified reactive-extractive distillation configurations and multi-objective particle …

A Yang, Y Su, S Sun, W Shen, M Bai, J Ren - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
The separation of ternary azeotropic systems has received significant interest as it enables
the recovery of value-added organic solvents, subsequently contribute towards …

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 …

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 …

A perspective on the inevitable side reactions in ethylene-glycol based reactive-extractive distillation

CC Tsai, ZY Kong, A Yang, VSK Adi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
This perspective article provides insights into the emerging field of ethylene glycol (EG)
based reactive-extractive distillation (RED) for azeotropic mixture separation, challenging …

Design and comparison of energy-saving double column and triple column reactive-extractive hybrid distillation processes for ternary multi-azeotrope dehydration

C Wang, Y Zhuang, L Liu, L Zhang, J Du - Separation and Purification …, 2021 - Elsevier
Complex multi-azeotrope and multi-boundary lead to immense challenges of solvent
selection for the separation of the ternary multi-azeotrope system. In principle, integrating …

Intensified hybrid reactive-extractive distillation process for the separation of water-containing ternary mixtures

YR Zhang, TW Wu, IL Chien - Separation and Purification Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Separation of ternary mixture is a challenging task if multiple azeotropes exist among the
components, and special distillation techniques should be adopted. For water-containing …

Design of novel side-stream hybrid reactive-extractive distillation for sustainable ternary separation of THF/ethanol/water using mixed entrainer

ZY Kong, GC Zarazúa, HY Lee, J Chua… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work explored the possibility of using mixed entrainer in a hybrid reactive-extractive
distillation to improve the sustainability of the recovery process for the ternary azeotropic …

Process synthesis and 4E evaluation of hybrid reactive distillation processes for the ethanol and tert-butanol recovery from wastewater

X Geng, P Yan, H Zhou, H Li, X Gao - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Aiming at achieving the high-purity recovery of ethanol (EtOH) and tert-butanol (TBA) from
industrial waste with low carbon emission, the processes intensified by hybrid reactive …

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 …