Review of extractive distillation. Process design, operation, optimization and control

V Gerbaud, I Rodriguez-Donis, L Hegely, P Lang… - … Research and Design, 2019 - Elsevier
Extractive distillation processes enable the separation of non-ideal mixtures, including
minimum or maximum boiling azeotropes and low relative volatility mixtures. Unlike …

A review of extractive distillation from an azeotropic phenomenon for dynamic control

Y Ma, P Cui, Y Wang, Z Zhu, Y Wang, J Gao - Chinese Journal of Chemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Extractive distillation is an effective method for separating azeotropic or close boiling point
mixtures by adding a third component. Various technologies for performing the extractive …

Energy-efficient extractive distillation combined with heat-integrated and intermediate reboilers for separating acetonitrile/isopropanol/water mixture

Y Li, Q Ye, N Wang, L Chen, H Zhang, Y Xu - Separation and Purification …, 2021 - Elsevier
A conventional triple-column extractive distillation is researched for the separation of
acetonitrile/isopropanol/water mixture with ethylene glycol (EG) as entrainer. In this article …

Extractive distillation using ionic liquids-based mixed solvents combined with dividing wall column

G Li, S Liu, G Yu, C Dai, Z Lei - Separation and Purification Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
To further reduce the energy consumption, investment and operating costs of the extractive
distillation (ED) process, this study focuses on the process intensification by the combination …

Design optimization and operating pressure effects in the separation of acetonitrile/methanol/water mixture by ternary extractive distillation

Y Wang, G Bu, X Geng, Z Zhu, P Cui, Z Liao - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Ternary extractive distillation is a green and sustainable separation process for the treatment
of pharmaceutical wastewater containing methanol/acetonitrile and acetonitrile/water …

Energy-efficient extractive pressure-swing distillation for separating binary minimum azeotropic mixture dimethyl carbonate and ethanol

A Yang, S Sun, T Shi, D Xu, J Ren, W Shen - Separation and Purification …, 2019 - Elsevier
An energy-efficient extractive pressure-swing distillation process is proposed for separating
binary minimum azeotropic mixture ethanol and dimethyl carbonate. It can be observed that …

A heuristic predictive model for screening green entrainers comparing life cycle assessment indexes and economics

Q Xu, J Xing, Y Jiao, Z Su, Y Zhang, P Cui, J Qi… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We proposed a heuristic predictive model which avoided the formation of new azeotropic or
near boiling point systems between the entrainer and heavy components for separating …

The separation of ternary azeotropic mixture: Thermodynamic insight and improved multi-objective optimization

S Sun, W Chun, A Yang, W Shen, P Cui, J Ren - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Acetonitrile (ACN) and Ethanol (EtOH) are important organic solvents and they are
frequently used as mobile phase in high performance liquid chromatography resulting in the …

Optimization and eco-efficiency analysis of extractive distillation processes with different solvents for separating the ternary mixture embedding two azeotropes

C Wang, Y Zhuang, Y Qin, Y Dong, L Liu… - Separation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The selection of feasible solvent is of great significance for separating azeotropes via
extractive distillation since various solvents can cause different product orders, flowsheet …

A systematic process synthesis method towards sustainable extractive distillation processes with pre-concentration for separating the binary minimum azeotropes

X Zhang, J He, C Cui, J Sun - Chemical Engineering Science, 2020 - Elsevier
A systematic process synthesis method is investigated towards sustainable extractive
distillation with pre-concentration. To approach energy saving, it is one of the common …