Retrofitting of a distillery based on process synthesis

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 335-343

  Gu, Zhaolin ^a   Tao, Zhonghua ^a   Xu, Nan ^a   Li, Yun ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alcohol distillation; Energy saving; Process integration; Water saving

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALCOHOLS; COSTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; RECYCLING; REFRIGERATORS; RETROFITTING;

ALCOHOL DISTILLATION; ENERGY SAVING; PROCESS INTEGRATION; WATER SAVING;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 33845866354     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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