Extractive distillation processes enable the separation of non-ideal mixtures, including
minimum or maximum boiling azeotropes and low relative volatility mixtures. Unlike …

Extractive distillation (ED) is one of the most promising approaches for the separation of the
azeotropic or close-boiling mixtures in the chemical industry. The purpose of this paper is to …

The major intrinsic obstacle of extractive distillation is the high energy consumption. It is an
actual problem for reducing energy consumption of extractive distillation processes. Two …

The separation of ternary nonideal systems with multi‐azeotrope is very important because
they are often found in the waste of chemical and pharmaceutical industries, which is much …

The separation of the ternary nonideal system ethyl acetate (EtAC)/ethanol (EtOH)/water
with multiazeotropes is very important since they are always generated in the production …

Sustainable process for the separation of ternary azeotropic mixture tetrahydrofuran/ethanol/
methanol should be developed to recycle value-added organic components and protect …

Currently, limited efforts have focused on the multi-objective optimization and effective
control of the side-stream extractive distillation processes (EDS). Herein, the EDS and a heat …

Ethyl tert-butyl ether, an environmentally friendly gasoline additive, has high industrial
application value, which is very necessary to study the refined process. The development of …

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 …

Side-stream extractive distillation is extensively employed to separate azeotropic mixtures
since its energy-efficient benefits. Nevertheless, its economic effect is not always obvious …