Sustainability of green solvents–review and perspective

V Hessel, NN Tran, MR Asrami, QD Tran, NVD Long… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Solvents define pivotal properties for chemical processing and chemical reactions, and can
be as game-changing as catalysts. A solvent can be the key to a good chemical process …

Condensable gases capture with ionic liquids

G Li, K Chen, Z Lei, Z Wei - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Condensable gases are the sum of condensable and volatile steam or organic compounds,
including water vapor, which are discharged into the atmosphere in gaseous form at …

Towards sustainable separation of the ternary azeotropic mixture based on the intensified reactive-extractive distillation configurations and multi-objective particle …

A Yang, Y Su, S Sun, W Shen, M Bai, J Ren - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
The separation of ternary azeotropic systems has received significant interest as it enables
the recovery of value-added organic solvents, subsequently contribute towards …

An intensified energy-saving architecture for side-stream extractive distillation of four-azeotrope mixtures considering economic, environmental and safety criteria …

S Sun, L Fu, A Yang, W Shen - Separation and Purification Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Side-stream extractive distillation is used in separating azeotropic mixtures due to its
advantages in energy-saving. However, environmental and safety aspects should also be …

Economic analysis and life cycle environmental assessment of imidazolium-based ionic liquids for separation of the methanol/dimethyl carbonate azeotrope

C Guo, X Liu, F Wang, Y Cao, S Zheng… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The environmental impacts of extractive distillation via different types of ionic liquids (ILs)
have not been investigated in the context of the entire life cycle. Herein, comprehensive …

Extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from fluid catalytic cracking diesel with ionic liquids

G Li, Q Gao, Q Liu, C Gui, Z Lei - AIChE Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ionic liquids (ILs) as promising green solvents were first proposed to extract polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) diesel. The COSMO‐RS …

Mechanism analysis and process optimization of acetone–methanol azeotrope separation using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate based mixed extractants

Z Chen, Y Zhang, M Zhou, K Yin, Y Zhou, P Cui… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of high-performance extractants and intensification technologies is crucial
for saving energy in the separation of azeotropes by extractive distillation. An effective …

Economic, environmental, exergy (3E) analysis and multi-objective genetic algorithm optimization of isopropyl acetate production with hybrid reactive-extractive …

Q Zhao, X Chu, Y Li, M Yan, X Wang, Z Zhu… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Isopropyl acetate (IPAC) is an important fine chemical intermediate with a great demand for
industrial production. In view of the high energy consumption in the traditional reactive …

The production of bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass: Pretreatment methods, fermentation, and downstream processing

S Beluhan, K Mihajlovski, B Šantek, M Ivančić Šantek - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bioethanol is the most widely used alternative transportation fuel to petrol. Bioethanol is
considered a clean, renewable, and environmentally friendly fuel that can contribute to …

Process design and multi-objective optimization of efficient heat utilization distillation based on the influence of pressure and entrainer flow on separation performance

C Li, L Zhong, Y Wang, D Sun, Y Li, P Cui… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel strategy for optimizing extractive pressing-swing distillation for separating pressure-
sensitive azeotropic mixtures comprising ethyl acetate/ethanol/butanone was proposed …