The synthesis of multistep process plant configurations

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-326

  Phimister, James R ^a   Fraga, Eric S ^b   Ponton, Jack W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MINLP; Multistep processes; Optimization; Process synthesis; Reactor separator recycle structures

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION;

CHEMICAL PROCESS; MIXED INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; MULTISTEP PROCESSES; PROCESS SYNTHESIS; REACTOR SEPARATOR RECYCLE STRUCTURES;

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

CHEMICAL PLANT; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS PLANT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INDUSTRY; PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0033611720     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-1354(98)00276-2     Document Type: Article

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