Large-scale dynamic simulation for security assessment of an ethylene oxide manufacturing process

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 1102-1118

  Lou, Helen H ^a   Chandrasekaran, Jayachandran ^a   Smith, Rebecca A ^a  

^a Lamar University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic simulation; Process security

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEPARATION;

DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; ETHYLENE OXIDES; PROCESS SECURITY; PURGE STREAMS;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SEPARATION;

EID: 33646192881     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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