Energy-saving design of azeotropic distillation for the separation of methanol–methyl methacrylate azeotrope from industrial effluent

Y Ma, Z Hu, X Sun, Z Shen, X Li, J Gao, L Zhang… - Separation and …, 2025 - Elsevier
For the purpose of separating the binary methanol–methyl methacrylate (MMA) azeotrope in
light boiling residues and preventing MMA polymerization from acetone cyanohydrin …

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 …

Biodegradation of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) in wastewater: A review of current knowledge and future perspectives

N Li, X Han, H Lv, Y **, J Yu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) is a widely-used industrial solvent with high polarity, excellent
water-miscibility, and chemical stability. Its strong toxicity and teratogenicity bring …

Mechanism analysis and performance evaluation of clean and efficient recovery of N-heptanol/N-hexanol from wastewater via extractive distillation with green mixed …

H Cheng, Y Wang, L Yang, W Zhao, Y Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
A clean and sustainable process for separating n-heptanol/n-hexanol/water industrial mixing
system by extractive distillation via mixing organic solvent with ionic liquid as an entrainer …

Mechanism Analysis and Process Optimization for Extraction Distillation of Alcohol-Ester Azeotrope Using Ionic Liquid

R Hu, W Liu, Y Wang, Z Zhu, Y Wang… - ACS Sustainable …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In propyl propionate production, methanol-methyl propionate azeotropes form at the column
top, complicating conventional distillation separation. This work explores the process of …

Polyamide interlayer supported organically bridged silica membrane for highly selective pervaporation dehydration of N-methyl pyrrolidone

G Ren, G Gong, N Zhang, Z Xu, H Liu, Y Hu - Journal of Membrane Science, 2025 - Elsevier
Organically bridged hybrid silica, a promising material for energy-efficient molecular
separation membranes, is typically prepared on costly ceramic substrates through complex …

Separation for diethoxymethane/ethanol/water by a thermally coupled extractive pressure swing distillation process with mixed solvent

Y Zhao, H Cheng, Y Wang - Separation and Purification Technology, 2025 - Elsevier
A sustainable and efficient process for separating diethoxymethane/ethanol/water
azeotropic systems was proposed via a mixed solvent as an entrainer and thermal coupling …

Divided wall columns for separating azeotropes

NJ Czarnecki - 2024 - repositories.lib.utexas.edu
Dividing wall distillation columns (DWCs) are a form of process intensified distillation that
allows for the separation of three components within one column shell using a dividing wall …