Thermally coupled side-column configurations enabling distillation boundary crossing. 1. an overview and a solving procedure

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 6387-6404

  Malinen, Ilkka ^a   Tanskanen, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX SEPARATIONS; CONVENTIONAL COLUMNS; DISTILLATION BOUNDARIES; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; PRODUCT FLOW; SOLVING PROCEDURE; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

DISTILLATION; METHANOL;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 67650792925     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800817n     Document Type: Review

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