A method for steady-state simulation of multistage three-phase separation columns

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 6845-6855

  Khaledi, Rahman ^a   Bishnoi, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SEPARATION;

NONLINEAR MODEL EQUATIONS; PHASE PATTERN DETERMINATION; STEADY-STATE SIMULATION; THREE-PHASE SEPARATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ALGORITHM; DISTILLATION COLUMN; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SEPARATION;

EID: 24144453162     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie050088v     Document Type: Article

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