Ethanol and benzene extractive distillation simulation on DWSIM utilizing p-xylene as solvent

Kaustubh Laturkar works as an Engineer at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) project in Michigan. He has more than 9 yr of experience working in the field of process engineering, refinery operations, utility systems design and operation, with a special focus on design and commissioning of engineering systems. Laturkar earned an MS degree in chemical engineering from University of Florida and a BE degree in chemical engineering from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. The author can be reached at kos19188@gmail.com.

Kasturi Laturkar works as a Validation Engineer for Validation Associates LLC and has more than 4 yr of experience working in commissioning, qualification and validation of upstream and downstream bioprocessing equipment and critical utilities. Laturkar graduated with an MS degree in chemical engineering from Syracuse University and a B.Tech degree in chemical engineering from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India. The author can be reached at kasturi.laturkar@gmail.com.