Dividing wall column revamp optimises mixed xylenes production

2006 AIChE Spring Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Slade, Bernie ^a   Stober, Berne ^b   Simpson, Dave ^c  

^a ExxonMobil Chemical Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c Koch Glitsch   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distillation; Dividing Wall; Energy Saving; Xylene

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549111281     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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