Process intensification offers the potential to drastically reduce the energy consumption and
cost of producing chemicals from both bulk and distributed feedstocks. This review article …

Throughout history, distillation has been the most widespread separation method. However,
despite its simplicity and flexibility, distillation still remains very energy inefficient. Novel …

This comprehensive work shows how to design and develop innovative, optimal and
sustainable chemical processes by applying the principles of process systems engineering …

Reactive distillation process, a representative process intensification technology, has been
widely applied in the chemical industry. However, due to the strong interaction between …

Reactive distillation (RD) is a great process intensification concept taking advantage of the
synergy created when combining (catalyzed) reaction and separation into a single unit …

The number of design and processing requirements in the chemical and biochemical
industries are increasing to adapt to rapidly changing markets and the global competition, as …

Levulinic acid is considered among the top twelve chemicals from biomass in terms of
market potential, due to its considerable number of applications. Levulinic acid is obtained …

Reaction/distillation matrix for reactive distillation is one of the systematic algorithms to
generate different possible sequences of distillation columns containing reactive distillation …

Biofuels enjoy nowadays increased public and scientific attention, driven by key factors such
as volatile oil price, the need for increased energy security, and concerns over greenhouse …

Reactive distillation (RD) is a great process intensification concept applicable to equilibrium
limited reaction systems, but how can anyone decide quickly if RD is indeed worth applying …