Gas-Separation Membrane Cascades Utilizing Limited Numbers of Compressors

AIChE Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2141-2154

  Agrawal, Rakesh ^a   Xu, Jianguo ^a  

^a AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSORS; COSTS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GASES; SEPARATION;

MEMBRANE CASCADES; RECYCLE COMPRESSORS;

MEMBRANES;

COMPRESSORS; MEMBRANES; SEPARATION-GAS/GAS;

EID: 0030221031     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690420806     Document Type: Article

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