Optimal design of an auto-thermal ammonia synthesis reactor

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1041-1045

  Babu, B V ^a   Angira, Rakesh ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Ammonia synthesis reactor; NAG subroutine D02EJF; Optimization; Quasi Newton method; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; FUNCTIONS; MACHINE DESIGN; NITROGEN; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; QUASI-NEWTON (QN) METHODS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; REACTOR;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; FLOW RATE; GAS ANALYSIS; PROCESS DESIGN; REACTOR; SIMULATION; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 15744391407     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2004.11.010     Document Type: Article

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