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 …

Multi-objective optimization applications in chemical process engineering: Tutorial and review

GP Rangaiah, Z Feng, AF Hoadley - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
This tutorial and review of multi-objective optimization (MOO) gives a detailed explanation of
the 5 steps to create, solve, and then select the optimum result. Unlike single-objective …

Design and optimisation of novel hybrid side-stream reactive-extractive distillation for recovery of isopropyl alcohol and ethyl acetate from wastewater

A Yang, ZY Kong, J Sunarso - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
For the first time, we developed a novel side-stream double-column reactive-extractive
distillation (SS-DCRED) for the recovery of isopropanol (IPA) and ethyl acetate (EA) from …

Design and multi-objective optimization of hybrid reactive-extractive distillation process for separating wastewater containing benzene and isopropanol

J Yan, J Liu, J Ren, Y Wu, X Li, T Sun, L Sun - Separation and Purification …, 2022 - Elsevier
The recycling of wastewater in chemical industry is of great significance because it can
recover valuable organic solvents and prevent environmental pollution. In this work …

Sustainable design and multi-objective optimization of heat pump assisted extractive distillation process for separating a ternary mixture of methyl acetate …

J Leng, S Fan, C Lu, Z Feng, L Dong - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
The separation of a ternary mixture of methyl acetate (MeAc), tetrahydrofuran (THF), and
methanol (MeOH) produced from chemical or pharmaceutical plants can not only recover …

Investigation on ternary system tetrahydrofuran/ethanol/water with three azeotropes separation via the combination of reactive and extractive distillation

Y Su, A Yang, S Jin, W Shen, P Cui, J Ren - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, a systematic method for conceptual design and multi-objective optimization of
an energy-efficient and sustainable reactive/extractive distillation (RED) process is proposed …

Multi-objective optimization of the intensified extractive distillation with side-reboiler for the recovery of ethyl acetate and methanol from wastewater

A Yang, L Ernawati, M Wang, ZY Kong… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work explores the recovery of ethyl acetate (EtAC) and methanol (MeOH) from
wastewater stream using three different extractive distillation (ED) processes, ie, the triple …

Optimization and control of energy saving side-stream extractive distillation with heat integration for separating ethyl acetate-ethanol azeotrope

T Shi, W Chun, A Yang, Y Su, S Jin, J Ren… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Currently, limited efforts have focused on the multi-objective optimization and effective
control of the side-stream extractive distillation processes (EDS). Herein, the EDS and a heat …

Energy-efficient extractive distillation combined with heat-integrated and intermediate reboilers for separating acetonitrile/isopropanol/water mixture

Y Li, Q Ye, N Wang, L Chen, H Zhang, Y Xu - Separation and Purification …, 2021 - Elsevier
A conventional triple-column extractive distillation is researched for the separation of
acetonitrile/isopropanol/water mixture with ethylene glycol (EG) as entrainer. In this article …

Insights on sustainable separation of ternary azeotropic mixture tetrahydrofuran/ethyl acetate/water using hybrid vapor recompression assisted side-stream extractive …

A Yang, ZY Kong, J Sunarso, Y Su, Q Wang… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The energy-efficiency of the traditional distillation-based processes are low, which results in
waste of resources and environmental pollution. Therefore, a sustainable extractive …