Exergy analysis of two cryogenic air separation processes

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4731-4739

  van der Ham, L V ^a   Kjelstrup, S ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryogenic air separation; Exergy analysis; Integrated gasification combined cycle

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; DESIGN; DISTILLATION; EXERGY; GASIFICATION; HEATING; MARINE ENGINES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PROCESS DESIGN; STEAM TURBINES;

AIR SEPARATION UNIT; COLUMN DESIGN; CRYOGENIC AIR SEPARATION; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY CHANGE; EXERGY DESTRUCTIONS; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; GASIFIERS; INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED CYCLE; STEAM TURBINE CYCLE;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

CONTROL SYSTEM; CRYOGENIC FLUID; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN;

EID: 78649825918     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.09.019     Document Type: Article

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