Design of heat integrated distillation systems for a light ends separation plant

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 7 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 1205-1211

  Mascia, Michele ^a   Ferrara, Francesca ^a   Vacca, Annalisa ^a   Tola, Giuseppe ^a   Errico, Massimiliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distillation; Energy savings; Heat integration; Light ends separation; Thermal coupling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PETROLEUM DISTILLATES; THERMOCOUPLES;

ENERGY SAVINGS; HEAT INTEGRATION; LIGHT ENDS SEPARATION; THERMAL COUPLING;

DISTILLATION;

EID: 33846484825     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2006.02.045     Document Type: Article

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