Optimal start-up and product transition policies of a reactive distillation column

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2092-2111

  De La Fuente, Rodrigo López Negrete ^a   Tlacuahuac, Antonio Flores ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

INTERIOR POINT OPTIMIZER (IPOPT); STEADY-STATE TRANSITION;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 34247135460     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie061312z     Document Type: Article

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