Recent progress on hybrid reactive-extractive distillation for azeotropic separation: A short review

ZY Kong, J Sunarso, A Yang - Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The reactive-extractive distillation (RED) has the advantages of combining the beneficial
features of both reaction and separation processes. Relative to the conventional reactive or …

Optimal design and effective control of triple-column extractive distillation for separating ethyl acetate/ethanol/water with multiazeotrope

A Yang, H Zou, IL Chien, D Wang, S Wei… - Industrial & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The separation of the ternary nonideal system ethyl acetate (EtAC)/ethanol (EtOH)/water
with multiazeotropes is very important since they are always generated in the production …

Investigation of an energy-saving double-thermally coupled extractive distillation for separating ternary system benzene/toluene/cyclohexane

A Yang, Y Su, IL Chien, S Jin, C Yan, W Shen - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
An intensified scheme for the separation of ternary azeotropic system is explored to reduce
the energy consumption and recycle important organic solvents. Herein, a novel double …

Energy-saving investigation for diethyl carbonate synthesis through the reactive dividing wall column combining the vapor recompression heat pump or different …

A Yang, S Sun, A Eslamimanesh, W Shen - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The design of the diethyl carbonate (DEC) production process has received much attention
due to its key role as the oxygenated gasoline additive with much fewer environmental and …

Ester hydrolysis to alcohol using a combined reactive and extractive distillation with ionic liquids-based mixed solvents

B Yang, Y Cheng, K Chen, Z Wei, Z Lei, G Li - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The “double carbon” goal puts forward new requirements for the low-carbon development of
industrial parks. This work focuses on the process intensification by the combination of …

Sustainable DMC production from CO2 and renewable ammonia and methanol

A Sánchez, LM Gil, M Martín - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2019 - Elsevier
One of the main goals of the green chemistry is to develop sustainable and less hazardous
chemical processes and products. Dimethyl carbonate (DMC) is attracting attention due to …

Recent advances in gas-to-liquids process intensification with emphasis on reactive distillation

CM Masuku, LT Biegler - Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Process intensification (PI) is a branch of process synthesis that encompasses and impacts
a number of process technologies. Research in PI has recently gained considerable …

Heat-integrated extractive distillation for separating tetrahydrofuran/methanol/water with ionic liquid-based mixed entrainer: Molecular mechanism and process …

G Zhang, B Yang, S Yang, Z Lei, P Xu - Separation and Purification …, 2025 - Elsevier
Tetrahydrofuran (THF) and methanol (MeOH) are commonly used raw materials and
reagents in the chemical industry, but the azeotropic phenomenon between the two …

Separation of the cyclohexane-benzene mixture by the extractive distillation process using ethylene glycol as a solvent

JAC Valdez, R Patiño-Herrera, AA Martínez… - … and Processing-Process …, 2024 - Elsevier
The importance of cyclohexane lies in the fact that it is the main precursor for the production
of Nylon 6 and Nylon 6.6, two of the most important synthetic fibers. Cyclohexane (CHX) is …

Process intensification in bio-jet fuel production: Design and control of a catalytic reactive distillation column for oligomerization

G Contreras-Zarazúa, E Sánchez-Ramirez… - … and Processing-Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biojet-fuel represents a promising avenue for decreasing CO 2 emissions within the aviation
industry. Among different biojet-fuel production processes, the Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) process …