Modular representation synthesis framework for homogeneous azeotropic separation

AIChE Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1701-1720

  Ismail, Soraya Rahim ^a   Pistikopoulos, Efstratios N ^a   Papalexandri, Katerina P ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZEOTROPES; GRAPHIC METHODS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MASS TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ENTRAINERS; HEAT EXCHANGE MODULE; MASS EXCHANGE MODULE; SEPARATION SEQUENCES;

SEPARATORS;

DESIGN; HEAT EXCHANGER; SEPARATION CHARACTERISTICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISTILLATION; EXTRACTION; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033177951     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690450809     Document Type: Article

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