Targeting the minimum water flow rate using water cascade analysis technique

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3169-3183

  Manan, Zainuddin Abdul ^a   Tan, Yin Ling ^a   Foo, Dominic Chwan Yee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Minimum water and wastewater targets; Pinch analysis; Water allocation targets; Water Cascade Table; Water minimization

Indexed keywords

CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); ITERATIVE METHODS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WASTEWATER;

MAXIMUM WATER RECOVERY (MWR); PROBLEM TABLE ANALYSIS (PTA); WATER CASCADE ANALYSIS (WCA); WATER FLOW RATE;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

ACRYLONITRILE; FRESH WATER;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; FLOW RATIO; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FILTRATION; FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MINIMUM WATER TARGET; PINCH ANALYSIS; REACTOR; RECYCLING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WASTE WATER; WATER ALLOCATION; WATER CASCADE ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER MINIMIZATION;

EID: 1842501714     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10235     Document Type: Article

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