Chemical plant flare minimization via plantwide dynamic simulation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3505-3512

  Xu, Qiang ^a   Yang, Xiongtao ^a   Liu, Chaowei ^a   Li, Kuyen ^a   Lou, Helen H ^a   Gossage, John L ^a  

^a Lamar University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PLANT SAFETIES; DYNAMIC SIMULATION MODELS; DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; ENERGY LOSS; FLARE EMISSIONS; FLARE MINIMIZATIONS; INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS; INITIAL STATE; OPERATION IMPROVEMENTS; OPERATIONAL FEASIBILITIES; PLANT ENGINEERS; PROCESS DYNAMICS; START-UP; START-UP PROCEDURES; VALIDATED DYNAMIC MODELS;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; CHEMICALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL PLANTS;

EID: 65249086278     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie8016219     Document Type: Article

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