A numerical blowdown simulation incorporating cubic equations of state

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1309-1317

  Mahgerefteh, Haroun ^a   Wong, Shan M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blowdown; Computer modelling; Depressurisation; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HYDROCARBONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DEPRESSURIZATION;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPRESSION; GAS; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033544454     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-1354(99)00296-3     Document Type: Article

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