Optimal Thermodynamic Feed Conditions for Distillation of Ideal Binary Mixtures

AIChE Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2984-2996

  Agrawal, Rakesh ^a   Herron, D Michael ^a  

^a AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION COLUMNS; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMODYNAMICS; VAPORS;

OPTIMAL THERMODYNAMIC FEED CONDITIONS; RELATIVE VOLATILITY;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 0031269309     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690431111     Document Type: Article

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