Environmental benign design of DMC production process

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 84, Issue 1 A, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Li, C ^a,b   Zhang, X ^a   Zhang, Suojiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dimethyl carbonate; Environmental benign; Environmental impact; Multi optimization; Process design

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; DISTILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; EXTRACTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

DIMETHYL CARBONATE; ENVIRONMENTAL BENIGN; MULTI-OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE SWING DISTILLATION; PROCESS DESIGN;

CHEMICAL OPERATIONS;

CARBONATES; CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; DISTILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; EXTRACTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 33645015405     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd.04253     Document Type: Article

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