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Neyestani F, Eslamloueyan R. A novel reactive-extractive distillation process for separation of water/methanol/tetrahydrofuran mixtures. Sci Rep 2024; 14:1931. [PMID: 38253791 PMCID: PMC10803736 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52427-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
Abstract
The design of separation systems for the purification of azeotropic mixtures is of great importance in the chemical industries from economic and environmental points of view. Two novel reactive-extractive distillation (RED) processes, new design (I) and new design (II), were proposed for separating the azeotropic mixture of water/methanol/tetrahydrofuran (THF). These processes were compared to a conventional extractive distillation (ED) process. New design (I) employs dimethyl sulfoxide as a solvent, while new design (II) utilizes ethylene glycol. Ethylene oxide was introduced to the first column in both designs, enabling the in-situ production of ethylene glycol, a valuable byproduct. This is a novel solution to separate water from the azeotropic mixture by reaction between ethylene oxide and water. Aspen Plus software was used to simulate and design the processes. Both suggested designs were compared economically with the base design which is an ED process. According to the results, the new design (I) is more cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative to the base design and the new design (II). It has a lower total capital cost and produces less carbon dioxide. Additionally, it generates a valuable by-product, ethylene glycol, which can be sold for substantial revenue. As a result, the new design (I) is the preferred choice for replacing the conventional extractive distillation method.
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Affiliation(s)
- F Neyestani
- Chemical Engineering Dept., School of Chem. and Petrol. Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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- Chemical Engineering Dept., School of Chem. and Petrol. Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
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Guo C, Du L, Liu X, Cao Y, Zheng S, He G. Multilevel Comparison of Ionic Liquid Separation of a Methanol/Methyl Acetate/Water Mixture. Ind Eng Chem Res 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c04318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Chao Guo
- College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu610059, China
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- College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu610059, China
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- College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu610059, China
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- College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu610059, China
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- College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu610059, China
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu610065, China
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Kong ZY, Yang A, Chua J, Chew JJ, Sunarso J. Energy-Efficient Hybrid Reactive-Extractive Distillation with a Preconcentration Column for Recovering Isopropyl Alcohol and Diisopropyl Ether from Wastewater: Process Design, Optimization, and Intensification. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c01768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Zong Yang Kong
- Research Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Jalan Simpang Tiga, Kuching, Sarawak 93350, Malaysia
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- College of Safety Engineering, Chongqing University of Science & Technology, Chongqing 401331, P.R. China
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- Research Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Jalan Simpang Tiga, Kuching, Sarawak 93350, Malaysia
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- Research Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Jalan Simpang Tiga, Kuching, Sarawak 93350, Malaysia
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- Research Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Jalan Simpang Tiga, Kuching, Sarawak 93350, Malaysia
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Liu J, Yan J, Liu W, Kong J, Wu Y, Li X, Sun L. Design and multi-objective optimization of reactive-extractive dividing wall column with organic Rankine cycles considering safety. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.120512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Guo C, Wang F, Xing J, Cui P. Thermodynamic and economic comparison of extractive distillation sequences for separating methanol/dimethyl carbonate/water azeotropic mixtures. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.120150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Zhang YR, Wu TW, Chien IL. Intensified hybrid reactive-extractive distillation process for the separation of water-containing ternary mixtures. Sep Purif Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Wang C, Zhuang Y, Liu L, Zhang L, Du J. Design and comparison of energy-saving double column and triple column reactive-extractive hybrid distillation processes for ternary multi-azeotrope dehydration. Sep Purif Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.118211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Buchmann M, Lucas M, Rose M. Catalytic CO 2 esterification with ethanol for the production of diethyl carbonate using optimized CeO 2 as catalyst. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cy01793k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
The direct conversion of (bio)ethanol and CO2 is a promising route to diethyl carbonate (DEC) using CeO2 from optimized catalyst synthesis procedure and cheap reactants originating from renewable resources in bioethanol production.
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- Marco Buchmann
- Technical University of Darmstadt
- Department of Chemistry
- Ernst-Berl-Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie
- 64287 Darmstadt
- Germany
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- Technical University of Darmstadt
- Department of Chemistry
- Ernst-Berl-Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie
- 64287 Darmstadt
- Germany
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- Technical University of Darmstadt
- Department of Chemistry
- Ernst-Berl-Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie
- 64287 Darmstadt
- Germany
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Yang A, Su Y, Teng L, Jin S, Zhou T, Shen W. Investigation of energy-efficient and sustainable reactive/pressure-swing distillation processes to recover tetrahydrofuran and ethanol from the industrial effluent. Sep Purif Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Redeker DC, Jiang DY, Kullar JS, Leung V, Palazoglu A, Ellis MJ. Comment on “CO 2 Utilization Feasibility Study: Dimethyl Carbonate Direct Synthesis Process with Dehydration Reactive Distillation”. Ind Eng Chem Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c03372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Daniel C. Redeker
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California−Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California−Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California−Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California−Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California−Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California−Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Wu TW, Chien IL. Rebuttal to the “Comment on ‘CO 2 Utilization Feasibility Study: Dimethyl Carbonate Direct Synthesis Process with Dehydration Reactive Distillation’”. Ind Eng Chem Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c03751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Tsai-Wei Wu
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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