The presence of the azeotropes in the binary mixture has resulted in the individual
components cannot be effectively separated using the conventional distillation technique …

Multicomponent liquid mixtures, particularly azeotropes, are extensively utilized in the
chemical, petroleum, pharmaceutical, and other processing industries. Energy-saving and …

In this work, we report an approach for conceptual design and optimization of an energy-
saving and sustainable reactive/pressure-swing distillation process to separate a ternary …

Reducing the energy requirements is one essential pillar in the effort to reduce the carbon
footprint of the energy intensive chemical industry. Thermal coupling of distillation columns …

Side-stream extractive distillation (SSED) column has attracted increasing attentions due to
its simple structure for separating the binary azeotropes using intermediate-boiling entrainer …

Currently, there are very limited efforts on investigating triple-column extractive distillation
process with single entrainer (S-TCED) for separating ternary multi-azeotropic mixture with …

A large amount of wastewater containing acetic acid and cyclohexanone is produced during
the production of ε-caprolactone. It is necessary to recycle acetic acid and cyclohexanone …

The side-stream extractive distillation (SSED) process is attracting extensive attention due to
its high energy efficiency for separating ternary azeotropic mixture. However, the correlation …

The acetone/methanol/butanone/tert-butanol system is a quaternary organic compound with
multi-azeotropes and often appears in the chemical and petrochemical industries. In view of …

The reactive-extractive dividing wall column (REDWC), which combines conventional
reactive distillation, extractive distillation, and dividing wall column, is a highly integrated …