Graph-theoretic method for the algorithmic synthesis of azeotropic-distillation systems

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 3602-3611

  Feng, Gangyi ^a   Fan, L T ^a   Seib, P A ^b   Bertok, Botond ^c   Kalotai, Levente ^c   Friedler, Ferenc ^a,c  

^a Kansas State University   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISTILLATION; GRAPH THEORY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLUTIONS;

RESIDUE CURVE MAP (RCM);

AZEOTROPES;

DISTILLATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DISTILLATION; FLOW RATE; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0038044913     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0207818     Document Type: Article

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