Optimization of reactive distillation processes with simulated annealing

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 55, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 5059-5078

  Cardoso, M F ^a   Salcedo, R L ^a   De Azevedo, S Feyo ^a   Barbosa, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Optimization; Reactive distillation; Simulated annealing; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

MIXED INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING (MINLP); REACTIVE DISTILLATION;

DISTILLATION;

ANNEALING; DISTILLATION; OPTIMIZATION; REACTIVE SEPARATION;

EID: 0034326644     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(00)00119-6     Document Type: Article

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