Technical considerations for solvent selection in extractive distillation of acetonitrile/toluene azeotrope

Alan H. Erickson is the Vice President for Koch Modular Process Systems. He is a chemical engineer with 45 yrs of experience in chemical manufacturing plants' process design, startup and project management. He has expertise in computer simulations and the design of unit operations such as evaporation, distillation, liquid-liquid extraction, absorption and adsorption, heat transfer, fluid flow, complete process control systems and instrumentation. He earned a BS degree in chemical engineering from Rutgers University.

Brice Caldwell is a Process Engineer II at Koch Modular Process Systems. He has 8 yrs of experience in process engineering, with a background spanning the design and operation of chemical manufacturing facilities. He earned a BS degree in chemical engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology, and an MS degree in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.