Simulation and optimization of distillation column sequence in large-scale ethylene production

Huagong Xuebao/Journal of Chemical Industry and Engineering (China)

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2128-2134

  Jiang, Aipeng ^a,b   Shao, Zhijiang ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Fang, Xueyi ^a   Geng, Dazhao ^a   Zheng, Xiaoqing ^a   Qian, Jixin ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF INDUSTRIAL CONTROL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU DIANZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Degree of freedom; Distillation column sequence; Operation optimization; RSQP; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ETHYLENE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING;

DISTILLATION COLUMN SEQUENCE; OPERATION OPTIMIZATION; REDUCED-SPACE SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING (RSQP);

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 33750900984     PISSN: 04381157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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