Performance of a pinch analysis for the process of recovery of ethanol from fermentation

Chemical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1328-1339

  Khan, Salisha ^a   Riverol, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Ethanol; Heat exchanger networks; Optimization; Pinch technology; Utilities

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; COST REDUCTION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ETHANOL; HEAT EXCHANGERS; OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CATALYTIC CONVERSION; PINCH ANALYSIS;

FERMENTATION;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; COST REDUCTION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 35349004610     PISSN: 09307516     EISSN: 15214125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ceat.200700183     Document Type: Article

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