A new process for ternary separations: Semicontinuous distillation without a middle vessel

In this work, a novel semicontinuous process for the separation of ternary mixtures is presented. The new semicontinuous without middle vessel (SwoMV) configuration is a process intensification technique that makes separation of three components to desired purities possible in a single distillation column without the necessity of the middle vessel as opposed to the conventional semicontinuous processes. The elimination of the middle vessel …