Hydrometallurgy is an efficient way of recovering metal ions from mineral ores where the
most important steps are the leaching of the minerals, the recovery and purification of metal …

Ionic liquids (ILs), a class of materials with unique physicochemical properties, have been
used extensively in the fields of chemical engineering, biotechnology, material sciences …

Over the past decades, the desulfurization of fuel oils has been known as one of the most
challenging processes in petroleum refineries due to economic considerations. The …

The ionic liquids (ILs) have been widely studied as potential replacements of conventional
solvents in the extraction of aromatic hydrocarbons from alkanes. However, most of the …

Given the high growth of e-waste around the world and the environmental and health risks
associated with it, research on optimal and green methods of e-waste recycling is of great …

Ionic liquids (ILs) are highly attractive entrainers for separating close-boiling alkane-
cycloalkane mixtures in extractive distillation processes while studies on this particular topic …

Efficient CO2/CH4 separation for biogas upgrading can be achieved by using ionic liquids
(ILs) as absorbents. In this study, a novel index named “relative absorption ability”(RAA) was …

The high content of aromatics in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) diesel, especially bicyclic
aromatics, seriously hindered the quality upgrading of FCC diesel. Liquid-Liquid extraction …

Extractive distillation (ED) can be used to separate mixtures with low relative volatilities that
are even close to unity. It is widely adopted for the separation of aromatics and nonaromatics …

Ionic liquids (ILs) have been extensively used in the separation of alkane+ alcohol
azeotropes as entrainers by liquid–liquid extraction. n-Butanol is widely added to the fuel …