Dividing wall column (DWC) is a single shell, fully thermally coupled distillation column
capable of separating mixtures of three or more components into high purity products …

In spite of being an energy intensive process, distillation remains the most important
separation method in the chemical process industry. Especially for the separation of …

Reactive distillation (RD) is an efficient process intensification technique that integrates
chemical reaction and distillation in a single apparatus. The process is also known as …

The industrial production of anhydrous bioethanol requires energy demanding distillation
steps to overcome the azeotropic behavior of the ethanol–water mixture. In spite of the …

Biodiesel is a biodegradable and renewable fuel, emerging as a viable alternative to
petroleum diesel. Conventional biodiesel processes still suffer from problems associated …

During the last decades, process intensification led to major developments also in
separation technology. Particularly in distillation, dividing-wall column (DWC) is the next …

The large-scale production of bioethanol fuel requires energy demanding distillation steps to
concentrate the diluted streams from the fermentation step and to overcome the azeotropic …

Dividing-wall column (DWC) is considered nowadays the new champion in distillation, as it
can bring substantial reduction in the capital invested as well as savings in the operating …

Dimethyl ether (DME) is of great industrial interest due to its use as clean fuel for diesel
engines or in combustion cells, as a precursor to other organic compounds, as well as a …

Reactive dividing wall columns (RDWCs) are highly integrated systems that can
simultaneously perform chemical reactions and multicomponent separations within the …