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       title subject. The RD is an example  Acetone-butanol-ethanol       6.67 kg per sq.m. per hour and ethanol                                                                         [MeSO ], and [bmim][NTF ] based on
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       of Process Intensifi cation as reaction   (ABE) fermentation products   permeability of 14.36x10  Barrer and a                                                                     exploitable differences in energy. The
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       and separation are combined and this   recovery                    separation factor of 7.68. (Chem. Eng.                                                                         process has been optimised and ASPEN
       lowers energy consumption and capex.   [This fermentation process was deve-  Res. Des., 2024, 206, June 27-42; DOI:                                                               simulation software was used. (Chem.
       Here, complex interaction between mass   loped around the First World War and   10.1016/j.cherd.2024.04.043).                                                                     Eng. Technol., 2024; DOI: 10.1002/
       transfer, chemical reaction and hydrody-  the problem of effi cient separation has                                                                                                 ceat.202300497).
       namics is involved. Many attempts have   been discussed in the past as well.]  Membranes based
       been made to commercialise RD on still                             separation                                                                                                     Techno-economic analysis
       greater levels. Aspects of technical feasi-  S. Rafi eyan et al have stressed the impor-                                                                                           (TEA) of zero liquid discharge
       bility, controllability, economic viability   tance of innovative bioprocess engineer-  Uio-66 membranes with                                                                     (ZLD) systems for treatment
       and sustainability are discussed. Process   ing for effi cient biobutanol fermentation.  confi ned naphthalene                                                                      and utilisation of brine via
       modelling and simulation are covered.   The separation of ABE accounts for 40%  disulphonic acid for selective                                                                    resource recovery
       (J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol., 2024;   of the plant budget. Different separation  monovalent ion separation
       DOI: 10.1002/jctb.7633).          methods like liquid-liquid extraction,                                                                                                          A. Panagopoulos and  V. Giannika
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                                         membrane perstraction, gas stripping,   W. Li et al have worked on separation of   Li /Na  separation coeffi cient was about  shapes, habits, polymorphs, and size   have worked on the title subject and
       Hybrid process for separation     vacuum flash, membrane pervapora-  monovalent ions and MOFs are a promi-    35. This may well show prospects in  distribution are very important. In this   side-by-side analysis of crystallisation
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       of morpholine (M)-water           tion and thermo pervaporation, RO,   sing candidate due to the angstrom sized   the direct Li extraction with a Li  fl ux  context ASC is very useful and coupling   technologies in ZLD systems. Here
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       mixture                           adsorption etc. have been considered.   windows for size sieving. For further en-  of 8.33x10  mol per sq.cm. per sec. (J.  with cooling, supercritical-assisted,   energy demands vary from 15 to 19 kWh
                                         This review has considered all relevant   hancement of monovalent ion selectivity,   Membrane Sci., 2024; DOI: 10.1016/j.  microfl uidics-assisted and membrane-as-  per cu.m. in ZLD systems. Two distinct
       N.V. Rane et al have considered the title  aspects and challenges and opportuni-  1,5-naphthalene disulfonic acid tetrahy-  memsci.2024.122842;703, June, 122843).  sisted are relevant. This paper gives a   crystallisation approaches were studied:
       separation, which is encountered in in-  ties are pointed out. (Chem. Eng. Res.   drate (NTDS) molecule were incorporated   Highly permeable membrane   systematic review of this subject. (Chem.   membrane promoted crystallisation
       dustries. The hybrid process makes use  Des., 2024, 205, May, 640-664; DOI:   to offer a binding affi nity, generating   based on Permax and PEG for   Eng. Technol.,2024, 47, Issue 5, 750-763;   (MPC) and wind-aided intensifi ed eva-
       of liquid-liquid extraction + heteroazeo-  10.1016/j.cherd.2024;04.021).  a Uio-66@ NTDS membrane via the                                       DOI: 10.1002/ceat.202300412).     poration. The fi rst approach allows higher
       tropic distillation + simple distillation.                         window-cavity structure confi nement.       air dehumidifi cation              CO  removal: Improvement in       drinking water recovery at about 96%.
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       99% pure M was obtained and 2-ethyl-  Facile preparation of thin   High monovalent cation permeation          H. Liu et al have reported that PEG 600  desorber                   Both approaches can be useful. Eco-
       hexanol was used as a solvent and its  and nanodisperse ZIF-8/     rates of 0.3-0.7 mol per sq.m. per hr and   can be well dispersed in Permax 232  [This column has covered several pa-  nomic data are provided. (Chem. Eng.
       recovery is reported. Simulations were  PDMDES hybrid membrane     mono-/divalent cation selectivities of 73   matrix via hydrogen bonding. The water  pers on the subject of CO  absorption/  Process-Process Intensifi cation, 2024,
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       done and optimisation is reported. Lab   for effi cient alcohol recovery   for K /Mg , 57 for Na /Mg  and 46 for   vapour permeance of the composite  desorption involving newer amines, dual   200, June, 109773; DOI: 10.1016/j.
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       results are also reported. (Chem. Eng.   via pervaporation (PV)    Li /Mg  are reported. (J. Membrane Sci.,   membrane was 6,578 GPU and water  solvents which separate, catalysis of   cep.2024.109773).
       Res. Des.,2024, 205, May, 598-607;                                 2024, 703, June, 122829; DOI: 10.1016/j.   vapour/N  selectivity was very high at  desorption, etc. and the subject continues
       DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2024.03.029).  X. Chen et al have made a series of thin   mem.sci.2024.122829).          4,909. (J. Membrane Sci., 2024, 704,  to attract a lot of attention.]  Covalent Organic Framework
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                                         and high-fl ux ZIF-8/PDMDES hybrid                                           June, 122849; DOI: 10.1039/j.mems-                                  Membranes (COFM)
       Enhancing butanol (B)             membranes where ZIF-8 notably en-  Flexible Li selective composite          ci.2024.122849).                  M. Li et al have reported a series of
       separation effi ciency in          hances affi nity of alcohol. The use of  membrane for direct Li                                                cost-effective and readily available   W.J.S. Siow et al have referred to the
                                                                                                                                                                                         chemical stability and porous crystalline
       pervaporation with ZIF-8          ZIF increases fl ux and separation factor.  extraction from high Na/Li       Crystallisation                   sepiolite clay-based catalysts activated   structure of COFs and they hold promise
       porous liquid infused mixed       ZIF-8 loading of 6.5 wt% displayed an  ratio brine                          Recent progress in Antisolvent    via simple acid treatment. At 88°C it   as advanced separation membranes.
       matrix membranes (MMMs)           outstanding PV performance of recove-  [This column has covered some membrane   Crystallisation (ASC) of      was effective and an increase of 164%   However, making them in hollow fi bre
                                         ring ethanol from a 5 wt% ethanol/
                                                                          based separation, involving charged
                                                                                                                                                       in desorption rate is reported and up to
                                         water mixture at 40°C. The total fl ux was  membranes, for divalent Mg separation   pharmaceuticals with a     reduction of 45.6% in heat duty of the   form poses challenges. These authors
       Separation of B-water mixtures via dis-                                      from Li. It is also important to   focus on membrane-based         amine solution. The catalyst can be sep-  have come out with a new strategy via a
       tillation is energy-intensive and hence                                      consider Li/Na separation as     technologies                      arated by fi ltration and was effective in   novel vapor/vapor-solid (V/V-S) method
       A. Komal et al have come out with a                                          both are monovalent.]            [ASC is widely practiced in pharma in-  10 cycles. (Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2024;   for growing ultrathin crystalline TpPa-
       novel approach using MMMs infused                                                                             dustry and the use of membrane process  DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.4C00092).  1-COF membranes on the inner lumen
       in a Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8                                        L-P. Guo et al have reported     (NF) for recovering solvents has been                               surface of alumina hollow fi bres and
       (ZIF-8) transformed into its porous                                          the title membrane where         covered in this column.]          CO  capturing in temperature/     details are given. These membranes have
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       liquid (PL) form. These authors have                                         Li  La   TiO  facilitates                                          pressure swing commercial         been tested for Organic Solvent Nano-
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       reported that biobutanol-selective                                           selective pathways for           A. Haghighizadeh et al have referred to   processes using Ionic Liquids   fi ltration (OSNF), e.g., dye rejection of
       pervaporation membrane gives good                                            Li transport. Quaternised        the attraction of continuous crystallisation   (ILs)                700 Da in methanol. Also by adjusting
       results. (Chem. Eng. Res. Des., 2024,                                        polymer offers a flexible        in the pharma industry, particularly for                            the COFM thickness between 100-500
       206, June, 43-53;  DOI:  10.1016/j.                                          framework and prevents           large scale API’s. Production of drugs  S-U. Rather  et al have used three   nm these authors have separated the
       cherd.2024.04.044).                                                          impurity cation leakage.         with different solubilities, stabilities,  specifi c ILs: [emim][trifl ate], [bmim]  model API, Glycyrrhizic acid (GA) from
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