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 …

Distillation remains the leading and most frequently adopted technique for the separation
and purification of condensable mixtures in numerous industries. However, the inherently …

Biobutanol is a potential biofuel produced from various biomass and can serve as a suitable
alternative to the nonrenewable fossil-based gasoline fuel. The fermentative microbes used …

Large amounts of gas mixtures of CO2 and hydrocarbons are generated in the CO2-
enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) process, and their separation is very challenging due to …

Abstract Isopropanol-butanol-ethanol (IBE) fermentation is a superior biofuel production
technology as compared to acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation due to the better …

Digital twins of process plants provide various opportunities to improve plant operation by in
silico studies. A major advantage of a simulation-based digital twin is its availability prior to …

This paper explores the dynamic control of a complex multivariable interacting extractive
distillation process with vapor recompression by taking the separation of acetone and …

Even though industrial biotechnology is successfully used for the production of some
chemicals, for many other chemicals it is not yet competitive with conventional petrochemical …

Process intensification is a strategy that has reduced costs and equipment while improving
on the energy efficiency, safety, and environmental impact of processes. There is a …

Abstract Acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation is a primary strategy for producing bio-
based n-butanol from abundant renewable biomass. In the typical ABE production chain …