Owing to the current issues of rapid urbanization and motorization, worldwide petroleum oil
demand is increasing obstinately, which is another way of affecting the economy of a nation …

Extractive distillation processes enable the separation of non-ideal mixtures, including
minimum or maximum boiling azeotropes and low relative volatility mixtures. Unlike …

Synthesis of ethanol from non-petroleum carbon resources via syngas (a mixture of H2 and
CO) is an important but challenging research target. The current conversion of syngas to …

Organic solvents are widely used in a variety of industrial sectors. Reclaiming and reusing
the solvents may be the most economically and environmentally beneficial option for …

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 …

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 …

We optimize the extractive distillation process for separating the acetonitrile–water
azeotropic mixture with ethylene glycol by using a multi-objective genetic algorithm for …

Today, at the threshold of the 21st century, rising apprehensions about the instability of oil
prices, energy security, and adverse effects of fossil fuels on the environment, have made it …

The design and optimization of pressure-swing distillation (PSD) have a critical impact on its
economics. An optimization method based on simulated annealing algorithm (SAA) was …

There is rich literature on the separation of binary azeotropic mixtures, whereas few studies
exist on the separation of biazeotropic ternary mixtures. In this work, we propose a …