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 …

A review of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents design for CO2 capture with machine learning

J Sun, Y Sato, Y Sakai, Y Kansha - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids (ILs) and deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are regarded as the next generation
solvents for carbon capture which consist of cations and anions. Thousands of combinations …

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 …

Economic, entropy generation and environmental analysis of separation of high-concentration azeotropic mixtures by an innovative extractive distillation configuration …

J Pan, Y Ding, J Li, L **e, Z Xu, H Wu, Q Ye - Separation and Purification …, 2024 - Elsevier
The process design and optimization of separating azeotropic mixtures by extractive
distillation (ED) has been a hot problem in recent years. Conventional ED process often …

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 …

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 …

Energy-saving design of azeotropic distillation for the separation of methanol–methyl methacrylate azeotrope from industrial effluent

Y Ma, Z Hu, X Sun, Z Shen, X Li, J Gao, L Zhang… - Separation and …, 2025 - Elsevier
For the purpose of separating the binary methanol–methyl methacrylate (MMA) azeotrope in
light boiling residues and preventing MMA polymerization from acetone cyanohydrin …

Design and multiple performance evaluation of green energy saving process for ethyl acetate/ethanol/water azeotrope separation by extractive distillation based on …

H Cheng, J Zhong, Y Dai, Y Jiao, Z Zhu, P Cui… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
The clean and efficient separation of ethyl acetate/ethanol/water azeotrope is of great
significance for the production of high-purity ethyl acetate. In this study, a highly efficient …

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 multiple performance evaluation of green sustainable process for azeotropes separation via extractive distillation

J Zhong, H Cheng, Y Dai, Y Jiao, K Wang… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Multicomponent liquid mixtures, particularly azeotropes, are extensively utilized in the
chemical, petroleum, pharmaceutical, and other processing industries. Energy-saving and …