Exergy analysis: An efficient tool for process optimization and understanding. Demonstrated on the vinyl-chloride plant of Akzo Nobel

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL.1, 1998, Pages

  Graveland, A J G G ^b   Gisolf, E ^a  

^a EXAN Info Technol and Consultancy   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Analysis; Exergy; Flow diagram; Grassmann; Optimization; Vinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001281804     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0098-1354(98)00099-4     Document Type: Article

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