Flexible mass transfer model for water minimization in batch plants

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2323-2335

  Gouws, Jacques F ^a   Majozi, Thokozani ^a   Gadalla, Mamdouh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Batch; Minimization; Optimization; Storage; Wastewater; Water

Indexed keywords

BATCH DATA PROCESSING; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; WASTEWATER;

BATCH; MINIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; STORAGE; WATER;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 53549129501     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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