A new look at multiphase Rachford-Rice equations for negative flashes

Fluid Phase Equilibria

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-132

  Leibovici, Claude F ^a   Nichita, Dan Vladimir ^b  

^a Hélioparc ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Constrained optimization; Equilibrium constants; Multiphase equilibrium; Negative flash; Rachford Rice equations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

MULTIPHASE EQUILIBRIUM; NEGATIVE FLASH; RACHFORD-RICE EQUATIONS;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

COMPUTATION THEORY; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 42649094485     PISSN: 03783812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fluid.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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