Distillation Efficiencies of an Industrial-Scale i-Butane/n-Butane Fractionator

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4579-4586

  Klemola, Kimmo T ^a   Ilme, Jarno K ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Neste Oil Oyj   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTANE; DISTILLATION; FRACTIONATING UNITS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE INTERFACES;

DISTILLATION EFFICIENCIES; MURPHREE TRAY EFFICIENCIES; PHASE TRANSFER UNITS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 0030385939     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie960390r     Document Type: Article

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