Internal heat integration - The key to an energy-conserving distillation column

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 241-248

  Olujic, Z ^a   Fakhri, F ^a   De Rijke, A ^a   De Graauw, J ^a   Jansens, P J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distillation columns; Energy conservation; Heat integration; HIDiC

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION COLUMNS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER;

VAPOR RECOMPRESSION;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION; DISTILLATION COLUMN; ENERGY; GAS-LIQUID SEPARATION; HEAT; HEAT TRANSFER;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DEVICE; DISTILLATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HEAT TRANSFER; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROCESS DESIGN; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; VAPOR; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0037291922     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.761     Document Type: Conference Paper

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