A New Process for Azeotropic Mixture Separation by Phase Behavior Tuning Using Pressurized Carbon Dioxide
Ye K, Freund H, Sundmacher K (2013)
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2013
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Publisher: ACS American Chemical Society
Book Volume: 52
Pages Range: 15154-15164
Journal Issue: 43
DOI: 10.1021/ie4017122
Abstract
A fundamental approach to separate azeotropic mixtures by tuning the phase behavior using pressurized CO2 as a tunable solvent was studied. Following this new process concept, two process variants were put forward to separate aqueous pressure-insensitive and pressure-sensitive azeotropic mixtures. The two process variants were studied in process simulations, and the potential was evaluated by comparison with a conventional pressure-swing distillation process for the acetonitrile water system. The new process shows significant potential to reduce the separation costs by 30.5% up to 68.9% for a broad variety of mixtures with water fractions in the range of 0.1 <= x(H2O) <= 0.9. Thus, these results clearly indicate that the novel fundamental separation approach is a promising alternative to conventional processes for the separation of azeotropic mixtures.
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Ye, K., Freund, H., & Sundmacher, K. (2013). A New Process for Azeotropic Mixture Separation by Phase Behavior Tuning Using Pressurized Carbon Dioxide. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 52(43), 15154-15164. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie4017122
MLA:
Ye, Kongmeng, Hannsjörg Freund, and Kai Sundmacher. "A New Process for Azeotropic Mixture Separation by Phase Behavior Tuning Using Pressurized Carbon Dioxide." Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 52.43 (2013): 15154-15164.
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