Direct entropy minimization applied to the production of propylene glycol

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 470-475

  Manzi, João ^a   Vianna, Regina ^b   Bispo, Heleno ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical reactors; Entropy; Modeling; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL DERIVATIVE; CONVERSION RATES; DIRECT ENTROPY; ENTROPY BALANCE; ENTROPY PRODUCTION; ENTROPY PRODUCTION RATES; MODELING; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; RESIDENCE TIME;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHEMICALS; GLYCOLS; OPTIMIZATION; PROPYLENE;

ENTROPY;

EID: 57549105938     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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