A simplified procedure for quick design of dividing-wall columns for industrial applications

Chemical Product and Process Modeling

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Rangaiah, G P ^a   Ooi, E L ^a   Premkumar, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

design; dividing wall column; HYSYS; Petlyuk column

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SIMULATORS; DESIGN VARIABLES; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; ENERGY SAVING; GAIN INSIGHT; INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS; PROCESS SIMULATORS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RIGOROUS SIMULATION; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE; SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATION RESULT; TOTAL ANNUAL COSTS;

COST REDUCTION; DESIGN; DISTILLATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRY; OPTIMIZATION;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 77954557280     PISSN: 19342659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1934-2659.1265     Document Type: Article

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