Multisite refinery and petrochemical network design: Optimal integration and coordination

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 814-826

  Al Qahtani, K ^a   Elkamel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COORDINATION REACTIONS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PETROCHEMICALS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM REFINING; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; REFINING;

ADDED VALUES; CHEMICAL PRODUCTS; ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS; ECONOMIC POTENTIALS; MULTI SITES; NETWORK DESIGNS; OPTIMAL INTEGRATIONS; OPTIMAL PRODUCTION STRATEGIES; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES; PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS; PROCESS INTEGRATIONS; PROCESS INTERACTIONS; PROCESS NETWORKS; PRODUCTION LEVELS; SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC DECISIONS; TIME HORIZONS;

METAL REFINERIES;

EID: 61649093294     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie801001q     Document Type: Article

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