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 …

Conceptual design of distillation-based hybrid separation processes

M Skiborowski, A Harwardt… - Annual review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Hybrid separation processes combine different separation principles and constitute a
promising design option for the separation of complex mixtures. Particularly, the integration …

What does the NRTL model look like? Determination of boundaries for different fluid phase equilibrium regions

JA Labarta, MM Olaya, AF Marcilla - AIChE Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The adequate correlation of experimental phase equilibrium data by using any
thermodynamic model represents a key point for the rigorous design of the chemical …

Sustainable and efficient-saving process synthesis design for separating methanol-water-toluene via extractive distillation based on multi-objective optimization

S Wang, Y Wang, K Sun, Q Xu, Y Wang, F Zhang… - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Reducing production costs and energy consumption has always been the focus of industrial
production today, which is driving the chemical industries from this old model towards …

A new optimization method: Electro-Search algorithm

A Tabari, A Ahmad - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Natural phenomena have been the inspiration for proposing various optimization algorithms
such as genetic algorithms (GA), particle swarm optimization (PSO) and simulated …

Optimization of pre-concentration, entrainer recycle and pressure selection for the extractive distillation of acetonitrile-water with ethylene glycol

X You, J Gu, V Gerbaud, C Peng, H Liu - Chemical Engineering Science, 2018 - Elsevier
We optimize the extractive distillation process for separating the acetonitrile–water
azeotropic mixture with ethylene glycol by using a multi-objective genetic algorithm for …

Energy-saving reduced-pressure extractive distillation with heat integration for separating the biazeotropic ternary mixture tetrahydrofuran–methanol–water

J Gu, X You, C Tao, J Li, V Gerbaud - Industrial & Engineering …, 2018 - ACS Publications
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 …

Design and multi-objective optimization of hybrid extractive distillation process for separating the toluene-methanol-water ternary azeotrope

B Shan, S Wang, Q Xu, Y Wang, P Cui… - Separation and Purification …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cleaner production and sustainable development are still hot topics for modern industry.
Developing green technology with low energy consumption, low pollution, and low cost has …

Kinetics of methane combustion over Pt and Pt–Pd catalysts

R Abbasi, L Wu, SE Wanke, RE Hayes - Chemical Engineering Research …, 2012 - Elsevier
A kinetic study was performed over thermally aged and steam-aged Pt and Pt–Pd catalysts
to investigate the effect of temperature, and methane and water concentrations on the …

Dividing wall distillation columns: Optimization and control properties

FI Gómez‐Castro… - Chemical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The optimal design of dividing wall columns is a non‐linear and multivariable problem, and
the objective function used as optimization criterion is generally non‐convex with several …