Assessment of thermodynamic performances for distillation columns

International Journal of Exergy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 345-361

  Demirel, Yaşar ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

exergy efficiency; exergy loss; exergy loss profiles; potential improvement indicator

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956247147     PISSN: 17428297     EISSN: 17428300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEX.2006.010229     Document Type: Article

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