A. K. Frolkova, “Razdelenie azeotropnykh smesei: Fiziko-khimicheskie osnovy i tekhnologicheskie priemy” (Separation of Azeotropic Mixtures: Physicochemical Principles and Techniques), Moscow: Vlados, 2010

Abstract

One of the core problems of the bulk chemical industry is to analyze and synthesize flowsheets and functional complexes for isolation of the target prod� ucts. Azeotropic systems are very frequent in industry, so separation of mixtures containing azeotropes formed by various numbers of components attracts attention of many researchers both in Russia and abroad. In her monograph, A.K. Frolkova systematizes, using thermodynamic and topological analysis meth� ods, azeotropic separation data obtained to date by the scientific school of the Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology and by other researchers. The monograph consists of four chapters, an extensive bibliography, and two appendices. One of the latter presents a comprehensive survey of separation techniques for physicochemically complex liquid mix� tures, and the other highlights the relevant works of Russian scientists. Either one has its own list of refer� ences. The monograph considers azeotropy in binary and multicomponent mixtures, the evolution of the com� position of azeotropic mixtures under variations of external conditions, the evolution of azeotropic mix� tures in the presence of other substances, and the sep� aration of azeotropic mixtures using functional com� plexes. Each chapter demonstrates the correlation between the structure of the phase equilibrium dia� gram and the set of possible functional complexes consisting of a number of distillation columns coupled by recycle streams. The separation thermodynamics, principles, and techniques are considered within a unified systems approach to separation of complex mixtures, including azeotropic, heteroazeotropic, extractive, and reextractive distillation and separation