Experimental study on pressure drops in a dividing wall distillation column

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-182

  Barroso Muñoz, Fabricio Omar ^a   Hernández, Salvador ^a   Hernández Escoto, Héctor ^a   Segovia Hernández, Juan Gabriel ^a   Rico Ramírez, Vicente ^b   Chavez, Rosa Hilda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dividing wall distillation column; Energy savings; Pilot plant; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; DIVIDING WALL COLUMNS; ENERGY SAVING; ENERGY SAVINGS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HYDRODYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; LIQUID VELOCITIES; OPERATIONAL LIMITS; OPERATIONAL REGIONS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; THERMALLY COUPLED DISTILLATION SEQUENCES; TURBULENT REGIME;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DISTILLATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GLOBAL WARMING; PILOT PLANTS; PRESSURE DROP; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 77649186883     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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