A novel control methodology for a pilot plant azeotropic distillation column

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 8361-8372

  Rueda, Lina M ^a   Edgar, Thomas F ^a   Eldridge, Robert B ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZEOTROPIC DISTILLATION SYSTEM; DYNAMIC TESTING; MULTIPLE CONTROL;

AZEOTROPES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISTILLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

AZEOTROPES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33846070635     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie060112k     Document Type: Article

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