Modeling, simulation, and multi-objective optimization of an industrial hydrocracking unit

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1354-1372

  Bhutani, Naveen ^a   Ray, Ajay K ^a   Rangaiah, G P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDSTOCKS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HYDROGENATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM REFINING;

DISCRETE LUMPED MODEL; KINETIC MODELING; MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS;

HYDROCRACKING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDSTOCKS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HYDROCRACKING; HYDROGENATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM REFINING;

EID: 33644766977     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie050423f     Document Type: Article

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