Consistent delumping of multiphase flash results

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 1026-1037

  Nichita, Dan Vladimir ^a   Broseta, Daniel ^a   Leibovici, Claude F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^b Hélioparc ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Binary interaction parameters; Delumping; Equation of state; Lumping; Multiphase equilibrium; Pseudo component; Reduction parameters

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; MIXING; MIXTURES; NITROGEN; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

BINARY INTERACTION PARAMETERS; DELUMPING; LUMPING; MULTIPHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PSEUDO-COMPONENTS; REDUCTION PARAMETERS;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

COMPOSITION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; MIXING; MIXTURES; NITROGEN; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

EID: 33646188326     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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