We proposed to concentrate ethanol–

We proposed to concentrate ethanol–water mixture to hydrous ethanol fuel using HIDiC.
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A HIDiC performance comparison with the conventional distillation was performed.
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The HIDiC design reduced the energy demand compared to that of a conventional.
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Also, an approach to estimate the heat exchange value was carried out.
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Our approach can enable simulations of mixtures with unknown heat exchange behavior.