Retrofit design for increasing the processing capacity of distillation columns: 2. Proposing and evaluating design options

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-17

  Liu, Z Y ^a   Jobson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Feed condition; Fractional utilization of area; Hydraulic; Modification

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; HYDRAULICS; MODIFICATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; RETROFITTING;

FRACTIONAL UTILIZATION OF AREA (FUA); QUALITATIVE GUIDANCE;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

DESIGN; DISTILLATION COLUMN; HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0442297214     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387604772803025     Document Type: Article

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