1 Fundamentals of distillation 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Thermodynamic analysis 1.3 Physical property methods 1.4 Vapor liquid equilibrium fundamentals 1.5 Ternary diagrams and residue curve maps 1.6 Continuous distillation 1.7 Batch distillation 1.

8 Concluding remarks 2 Design and control of distillation 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Design principles for distillation 2.3 Control principles for distillation 2.4 Data-driven design and control 2.5 Design and control of intensified distillation processes 2.6 Concluding remarks 3 Economic and sustainability assessment 3.1 Introduction 3.

2 Equipment sizing 3.3 Materials of construction 3.4 Economic evaluation 3.5 Sustainability assessment 3.6 Concluding remarks 4 Azeotropic fluid separations 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Residue curve map 4.3 Azeotropic distillation 4.

4 Extractive distillation 4.5 Pressure-swing distillation 4.6 Case study: DMC-Methanol separation 4.7 Concluding remarks 5 Reactive distillation 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Process synthesis, design and control 5.3 Process modeling 5.4 Equipment and configurations 5.

5 Applications of reactive distillation 5.6 Feasibility and technical evaluation 5.7 Advanced RD technologies 5.8 Case studies 5.9 Concluding remarks 6 Dividing-wall column 6.1 Introduction 6.2 DWC configurations 6.3 DWC equipment 6.

4 Design of dividing-wall columns 6.5 Modeling and simulation of DWC 6.6 Process dynamics and control of DWC 6.7 DWC applications 6.8 Concluding remarks 7 Heat pump assisted distillation 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Distillation as a heat engine 7.3 Working principle of heat pumps 7.

4 Efficiency and performance 7.5 Heat sources and sinks 7.6 Heat pump applications and types 7.7 Feasibility of heat pump assisted distillation 7.8 Technology selection scheme 7.9 Case studies 7.10 Concluding remarks 8 Heat-integrated distillation column 8.1 Introduction 8.

2 Working principles 8.3 Thermodynamic analysis 8.4 Potential energy savings 8.5 Modeling and simulation 8.6 Process design and optimization 8.7 HIDiC construction options 8.8 Process dynamics, control and operation 8.9 HIDiC applications and case studies 8.

10 Concluding remarks 9 Cyclic distillation 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Cyclic operation modes 9.3 Equipment for cyclic distillation 9.4 Hydrodynamics of cyclic distillation 9.5 Modeling and simulation 9.6 Design algorithms for cyclic distillation 9.7 Comparison between conventional and cyclic distillation 9.

8 Process control and optimization of cyclic distillation 9.9 Industrial applications 9.10 Concluding remarks 10 High-gravity distillation 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Working principles 10.3 HiGee equipment 10.4 Equipment design for high-gravity distillation processes 10.5 Modeling and simulation 10.

6 Process synthesis, design and control 10.7 Industrial applications 10.8 Challenges for high-gravity (reactive) distillation 10.9 Concluding remarks 11 Membrane-based distillation 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Membrane distillation 11.3 Osmotic distillation 11.4 Pervaporation 11.

5 Membrane assisted distillation 11.6 Concluding remarks 12 Special distillation processes 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Reversible fluid separation (RevSep) 12.3 Short-path / molecular distillation 12.4 Pass-through distillation 12.5 Solar distillation 12.6 Microwave assisted distillation 12.

7 Ultrasound assisted distillation 12.8 Ohmic-assisted hydro-distillation 12.9 Emerging and future distillation technologies 12.10 Concluding remarks References.