Distillation: Revisiting some rules of thumb

Chemical Engineering

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 50-55

  Lek, C M ^a   Rangaiah, G P ^b   Hidajat, K ^b  

^a Singapore Army   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFLUX RATIO; THERMODYNAMIC MODELS; VAPOR-LIQUID EQUILIBRIUM (VLE);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; DENSITY OF GASES; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; REFRIGERANTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

DISTILLATION;

EID: 4644299800     PISSN: 00092460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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