Synthesizing optimal waste blends

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3519-3527

  Narayan, Venkatesh ^a   Diwekar, Urmila M ^a,c   Hoza, Mark ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLENDING; CALCULATIONS; GLASS; HEURISTIC METHODS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESSING; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STORAGE (MATERIALS); VITRIFICATION; WASTES;

DISCRETE BLEND CALCULATION; GLASS LOGS; OPTIMAL WASTE BLENDS; STORAGE ECONOMICS; TANK WASTES;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 0030258641     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie960028c     Document Type: Article

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