Authors
Taha Mahdi, Arshad Ahmad, Mohamad Mahmoud Nasef, Adnan Ripin
Publication date
2015/10/2
Source
Separation & Purification Reviews
Volume
44
Issue
4
Pages
308-330
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Description
Azeotropic separation technologies have been classified broadly into two major categories, i.e., distillation and membrane processes. Because normal distillation has limitations for azeotropic mixtures, enhancements have been proposed that either introduce a third component serving as an entrainer in extractive and azeotropic distillation processes or apply a pressure swing distillation system. Among the membrane processes, pervaporation was reported to be most promising for azeotropic separations. More recently, an approach known as process intensification has been proposed for combining multiple processes into single units such as a dividing wall distillation column or exploiting sonication phenomena to break an azeotrope in an ultrasonic distillation system. This article reviews the state-of-the-art technologies covering all the separation techniques mentioned here. Existing techniques are appraised, and …
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T Mahdi, A Ahmad, MM Nasef, A Ripin - Separation & Purification Reviews, 2015