Modelling, simulation and controllability analysis of an industrial heat-integrated distillation process

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 223-237

  Gross, F ^a,c   Baumann, E ^a   Geser, A ^a,d   Rippin, D W T ^a   Lang, L ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

^c Maikowski and Ninnemann   (Germany)

^d AspenTech Europe SA/NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC CONTROLLABILITY; HEAT INTEGRATED DISTILLATION; STEADY STATE CONTROLLABILITY;

CONTROLLABILITY; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS CONTROL;

DISTILLATION;

EID: 0031681475     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0098-1354(96)00361-4     Document Type: Article

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