Simulation and optimisation of extractive distillation with water as solvent

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 345-351

  Langston, Paul ^a   Hilal, Nidal ^a   Shingfield, Stephen ^a   Webb, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extractive distillation; HYSYS; Optimisation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISTILLATION; ECONOMICS; METHANOL; MIXTURES; OPTIMIZATION; SOLVENTS; WATER;

ACETONE-METHANOL SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC POTENTIAL (EP); RECYCLE LOOP;

EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY;

DISTILLATION; LIQUID-LIQUID SEPARATION; OPTIMIZATION; SOLVENT;

EID: 7244255950     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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