Design of membrane cascades according to the method of McCabe-Thiele: An organic solvent nanofiltration case study for olefin hydroformylation in toluene

•Adaptation and use of the McCabe-Thiele method for the design of membrane cascades.•Membrane cascades with recycling for the separation of a binary mixture.•Membrane cascade design for components of intermediate rejections.•Membrane cascade design for components in highly different concentrations.•Application to the case study of OSN of an olefin hydroformylation medium.