A review of energy intensification strategies for distillation processes: Cyclic operation, stacking, heat pumps, side-streams, dividing walls and beyond

WT Tang, CK Chien, JD Ward - Separation and Purification Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Distillation is by far the most important and most widely-used method of separation and
purification in the petroleum, chemicals and related industries, and it also consumes by far …

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 …

Electrification of distillation for decarbonization: An overview and perspective

C Cui, M Qi, X Zhang, J Sun, Q Li, AA Kiss… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Distillation remains the leading and most frequently adopted technique for the separation
and purification of condensable mixtures in numerous industries. However, the inherently …

Transforming conventional distillation sequence to dividing wall column: Minimizing cost, energy usage and environmental impact through genetic algorithm

SR Pandit, AK Jana - Separation and Purification Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
This work aims at proposing a multi-objective optimization (MOO) strategy for dividing wall
column (DWC) that can provide energy-efficient and cost-effective operation for ternary feed …

Process synthesis and plantwide control of intensified extractive distillation with preconcentration for separating the minimum-boiling azeotropes: A case study of …

C Cui, Q Zhang, X Zhang, J Sun, IL Chien - Separation and Purification …, 2022 - Elsevier
An investigation of the process synthesis and plantwide control of energy saving extractive
distillation with preconcentration to produce anhydrous acetonitrile with ethylene glycol as a …

Design and control of side-stream extractive distillation to separate acetic acid and cyclohexanone from wastewater by varying pressure

J Liu, X Liu, J Li, J Ren, J Wang, L Sun - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
A large amount of wastewater containing acetic acid and cyclohexanone is produced during
the production of ε-caprolactone. It is necessary to recycle acetic acid and cyclohexanone …

Energy-saving investigation of organic material recovery from wastewater via thermal coupling extractive distillation combined with heat pump based on …

Z Zhu, H Qi, Y Shen, X Qiu, H Zhang, J Qi… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cyclohexane and sec-butyl alcohol are widely used in the pharmaceutical and chemical
industries. The separation of cyclohexane/sec-butyl alcohol/water azeotropic mixture is of …

Control of fully heat-integrated pressure-swing distillation with strict pressure manipulation: A case study of separating a maximum-boiling azeotrope with small …

C Liu, D Yang, Q Zhang, Q Zhang, C Cui - Separation and Purification …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pressure-swing distillation (PSD) is an alternative configuration used to separate pressure-
sensitive azeotropes and avoid product contamination (s) in extractive or heterogeneous …

Energy, exergy, economic, and environmental analysis of a novel liquid-only transfer dividing wall column with vapor recompression

Z Song, W Cui, Y Wu, B Wu, K Chen, L Ji - Separation and Purification …, 2024 - Elsevier
The Kaibel dividing wall column (KDWC) uses a thermal coupling technology for separating
quaternary mixtures, which exhibits less energy consumption and more economic benefits …

Dynamic control analysis of eco-efficient double side-stream ternary extractive distillation process

Q Zhang, W Hou, Y Ma, X Yuan, A Zeng - Computers & Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
The novel contribution of this paper is to implement the dynamic control investigation for the
energy-saving double side-stream ternary extractive distillation configuration with …