Heuristic Synthesis and Shortcut Design of Separation Processes Using Residue Curve Maps: A Review

Conceptual Design of Azeotropic Distillation Processes

“…The RCM presents a simple means of visually analyzing the boiling properties of a ternary mixture and allows for a first assessment of the feasibility of a ternary distillative split [31]. Furthermore, the RCM can also be used to identify feasible separations and recycle structures for ternary separations [32,33].…”

Process boundary approach to separations synthesis

“…The use of residue curves and distillation lines for designing systems with distil-Ž . lation boundaries was discussed by Fien and Liu 1994, Mal-Ž . Ž .…”

Homogeneous multicomponent azeotropic batch distillation

“…Most of the literature in this area has dealt with three-and fourcomponent mixtures, and has relied on graphical representation to interpret the behavior of the system. Reviews of this work can be found in Fien and Liu (1994) and Widagdo and Seider (1996). With more than four components such an approach becomes infeasible.…”