Systematic staging in chemical reactor design

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3301-3312

  Hillestad, Magne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conceptual reactor design; Design functions; Methanol synthesis; Multi functional reactors; Optimal control; Path optimization; Plug flow and completely mixed; Staged processes

Indexed keywords

COMPLETELY-MIXED; METHANOL SYNTHESIS; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; PLUG FLOW; REACTOR DESIGNS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHEMICALS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; METHANOL; OPTIMIZATION; PIPE FLOW; SPECIFIC HEAT; SYNTHESIS GAS MANUFACTURE;

DESIGN;

EID: 77950594571     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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