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 …

Roles and gains of coordination chemistry in nanofiltration membrane: A review

Z Zhou, TD Lu, SP Sun, Q Wang - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The nanofiltration (NF) membranes with the specific separation accuracy for molecules with
the size of 0.5–2 nm have been applied in various industries. However, the traditional …

Design and multi-objective optimization of hybrid reactive-extractive distillation process for separating wastewater containing benzene and isopropanol

J Yan, J Liu, J Ren, Y Wu, X Li, T Sun, L Sun - Separation and Purification …, 2022 - Elsevier
The recycling of wastewater in chemical industry is of great significance because it can
recover valuable organic solvents and prevent environmental pollution. In this work …

Performance improvement of the bottoming steam Rankine cycle (SRC) and organic Rankine cycle (ORC) systems for a triple combined system using gas turbine (GT) …

Ö Köse, Y Koç, H Yağlı - Energy Conversion and Management, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present study, performance improvement of SRC and ORC systems used as a
bottoming system in a GT based triple combined system was evaluated for varying turbine …

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 …

Investigation on ternary system tetrahydrofuran/ethanol/water with three azeotropes separation via the combination of reactive and extractive distillation

Y Su, A Yang, S **, W Shen, P Cui, J Ren - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, a systematic method for conceptual design and multi-objective optimization of
an energy-efficient and sustainable reactive/extractive distillation (RED) process is proposed …

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 …

Energy-saving improvement of heat integration for separating dilute azeotropic components in extractive distillation

C Duan, C Li - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Three-column extractive distillation is often used to separate dilute azeotropic components.
Although heat integration is not new, there are many new findings for it in the three-column …