Date of Award
January 2016
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Chemical Engineering
First Advisor
Rakesh Agrawal
Committee Member 1
Gintaras Reklaitis
Committee Member 2
Mohit Tawarmalani
Committee Member 3
Phillip Wankat
Abstract
Distillation accounts for 90-95% of all the separations on a chemical plant, and for about 3% of the world energy consumption. Even modest improvements to the process of distillation can have tremendous impact on the chemical economy world over. The goal of a major part of this thesis is to use process intensification methods to present, thoroughly investigate and systematically synthesize new processes for multicomponent separations which can serve as attractive candidates for distillation technology of tomorrow.
Recommended Citation
Madenoor Ramapriya, Gautham, "Low-cost and Energy-efficient Solutions for Multicomponent Distillation" (2016). Open Access Dissertations. 1257.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1257