AquoMin: A software tool for Mass-Exchange Networks targeting and design

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1085-1105

  Relvas, Susana ^a   Matos, Henrique A ^a   Fernandes, M Cristina ^a   Castro, Pedro ^b   Nunes, Clemente P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b INETI   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Mass pinch; Mass Exchange Networks; Recycle; Regeneration; Software; Wastewater minimisation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); RECYCLING;

MASS PINCH; MASS-EXCHANGE NETWORKS; WASTEWATER MINIMIZATION;

MASS TRANSFER;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MASS TRANSFER; RECYCLING;

EID: 41149099633     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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