Rethinking energy use in distillation processes for a more sustainable chemical industry

AA Kiss, R Smith - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The need for greater sustainability for the production of fuels and chemicals has spurred
significant research to rethink energy use in the chemical industry, and eventually substitute …

Electrification of distillation for decarbonization: An overview and perspective

C Cui, M Qi, X Zhang, J Sun, Q Li, AA Kiss… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Distillation remains the leading and most frequently adopted technique for the separation
and purification of condensable mixtures in numerous industries. However, the inherently …

A perspective on downstream processing performance for recovery of bioalcohols

T Janković, AJJ Straathof… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Even though industrial biotechnology is successfully used for the production of some
chemicals, for many other chemicals it is not yet competitive with conventional petrochemical …

Process Optimization of Heat-Integrated Extractive Dividing-Wall Columns for Energy-Saving Separation of CO2 and Hydrocarbons

Q Li, Z Feng, GP Rangaiah, L Dong - Industrial & Engineering …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Large amounts of gas mixtures of CO2 and hydrocarbons are generated in the CO2-
enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) process, and their separation is very challenging due to …

[HTML][HTML] Thermally self-sufficient heat pump-assisted azeotropic dividing-wall column for biofuels recovery from isopropanol-butanol-ethanol fermentation

T Janković, AJJ Straathof, AA Kiss - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Isopropanol-butanol-ethanol (IBE) fermentation is a superior biofuel production
technology as compared to acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation due to the better …

Development of control strategies for an air separation unit with a divided wall column using a pressure-driven digital twin

R Kender, F Rößler, B Wunderlich, M Pottmann… - … and Processing-Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
Digital twins of process plants provide various opportunities to improve plant operation by in
silico studies. A major advantage of a simulation-based digital twin is its availability prior to …

Dynamic control analysis of intensified extractive distillation process with vapor recompression

Q Zhang, P Shi, A Zeng, Y Ma, X Yuan - Separation and Purification …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper explores the dynamic control of a complex multivariable interacting extractive
distillation process with vapor recompression by taking the separation of acetone and …

Purification of Butanol from the ABE Mixture: Effect of Intensification on the Dynamic Behavior

E Flores-Cordero, E Sánchez-Ramírez… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Process intensification is a strategy that has reduced costs and equipment while improving
on the energy efficiency, safety, and environmental impact of processes. There is a …

Alcohol production: downstream processes

D Cai, H Chen, Z Si, J Wen, P Qin - Higher Alcohols Production Platforms, 2024 - Elsevier
The separation of bioethanol and biobutanol from dilute fermentation broth is an energy-
intensive unit in the bioliquid fuel production chain. To well-address the technical barriers …

Simultaneous design for a complex heterogeneous wastewater separation and recovery process: process improvement, plantwide control and safety analysis

C Jing, J Zhu, L Dang, H Wei - Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, a new industrial relevant wastewater (water/Cyclohexane/sec-butyl alcohol)
separation process with vapor recompression and thermal coupling was proposed as the …