New MINLP model and modified outer approximation algorithm for distillation column synthesis

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3088-3103

  Farkas, Tivadar ^a   Czuczai, Barbara ^b   Rev, Endre ^b   Lelkes, Zoltan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

COMPUTATION TIME; MINLP MODEL;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 44349160658     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0711426     Document Type: Article

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