Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Dehydration Of Tetrahydrofuran/Water Via Extractive Distillation Using Solid NaOH' Filed by Vishwakarma Govt. Engineering College

MUMBAI, India, July 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202521038944 A) filed by Vishwakarma Govt. Engineering College, Ahmedabad, India, on April 23, for 'dehydration of tetrahydrofuran/water via extractive distillation using solid naoh.'

Inventor(s) include Prathamesh P. Thorve; Shuchen B. Thakore; and Dr. Manan Shah.

The application for the patent was published on July 11, under issue no. 28/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The separation of tetrahydrofuran (THF) from its azeotropic mixture with water is challenging due to azeotrope formation. This invention introduces solid sodium hydroxide (NaOH) as an entrainer in extractive distillation to modify interm...