Optimization of the sulfolane extraction plant based on modeling and simulation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 5504-5509

  Choi, Yu J ^a   Cho, Ki W ^a   Cho, Byung W ^a   Yeo, Yeong Koo ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRACTION; FEEDSTOCKS; OPTIMIZATION; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING;

SULFOLANE PROCESS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; SULFONE DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; XYLENE;

BTEX; EXTRACTION; PROCESS PLANT; SULFUR COMPOUND;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; PROCESS MODEL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 0037202133     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie010435a     Document Type: Article

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