Plant optimisation by retrofitting using a hierarchical method: Entrainer selection, recycling and heat integration

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-44

  Kürüm, Semih ^a   Heinzle, Elmar ^a   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

2 methyl 3 butyn 2 ol; Entrainer selection; Heat pumping; Methyl butynol; Plant retrofitting; Process simulation; Recycle; Waste minimisation

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ACETYLENE; CHEMICAL PLANTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; DISTILLATION; ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RECYCLING; RETROFITTING;

ENTRAINER SELECTION; HEAT INTEGRATION; HEAT PUMPING; METHYL BUTYNOL;

WASTE TREATMENT;

ACETONE; ACETYLENE; AMMONIA;

ARTICLE; DISTILLATION; PUMP; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 0031239610     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4660(199709)70:1<29::AID-JCTB735>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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