Green and sustainable solvents in chemical processes

CJ Clarke, WC Tu, O Levers, A Brohl… - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Sustainable solvents are a topic of growing interest in both the research community and the
chemical industry due to a growing awareness of the impact of solvents on pollution, energy …

Forward osmosis: where are we now?

DL Shaffer, JR Werber, H Jaramillo, S Lin, M Elimelech - Desalination, 2015 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) has been extensively investigated in the past decade. Despite
significant advancements in our understanding of the FO process, questions and challenges …

A critical review on draw solutes development for forward osmosis

Y Cai - Desalination, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite the impressive progress in forward osmosis (FO) membranes and pilot scale testing
of FO process, lack of draw solutes that can be efficiently regenerated is still a limiting factor …

A comprehensive review of standalone and hybrid forward osmosis for water treatment: Membranes and recovery strategies of draw solutions

SK Singh, C Sharma, A Maiti - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) is a membrane separation technique used to recover water from feed
solution (FS) across a semi-permeable membrane, using a concentrated draw solution (DS) …

Amine-based pretreatments for lignocellulose fractionation and lignin valorization: a review

S Ntakirutimana, T Xu, H Liu, JQ Cui, QJ Zong… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The increasing demand for sustainable bioproducts as alternatives to fossil-based resources
requires unremitting endeavor for the advancement of lignocellulose valorization. In this …

Recent advances of CO2-responsive materials in separations

Z Yang, C He, H Sui, L He, X Li - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2019 - Elsevier
Separation is widely involved in many fields, such as materials synthesis, gas purification or
removal, water treatment, petroleum exploitation, soil remediation, food and medicine …

Switchable hydrophilicity solvents in analytical chemistry. Five years of achievements

Y Bazel, M Rečlo, Y Chubirka - Microchemical Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Switchable hydrophilicity solvents (SHS) began being used in analytical chemistry only in
2015, although they have been known for a long time in chemistry and technology. In this …

Electrochemical production of syngas from CO 2 captured in switchable polarity solvents

LA Diaz, N Gao, B Adhikari, TE Lister, EJ Dufek… - Green …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
An operational advantage that enables the deployment of technologies for the valorization of
CO2 can be achieved through the integration of the capture and conversion technologies. In …

CO2-responsive switchable hydrophilic solvent as a novel extractant for selective extraction and separation of natural bioactive ingredients: A comprehensive review

S Wei, Y Wu, J Xi - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
When conventional solvents such as water, methanol, ethanol, hexane, petroleum ether,
etc., are used to extract active ingredients from natural resources, an evaporation process is …

Extending the range of switchable-hydrophilicity solvents

J Durelle, JR Vanderveen, Y Quan… - Physical Chemistry …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A switchable-hydrophilicity solvent (SHS) is a solvent that in one state forms a biphasic
mixture with water but can be reversibly switched to another state that is miscible with water …