Simple, robust, and fast iterative solution of Underwood's equation for minimum reflux

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-205

  Koçak, Mehmet Çetin ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Distillation; Iterative methods; Minimum reflux; Newton's method; Solution of nonlinear equations; Underwood's equation

Indexed keywords

FAST METHODS; FOURTH-ORDER; FUNCTION VALUES; ITERATIVE SOLUTIONS; ITERATIVE SOLVERS; MINIMUM REFLUX; NEWTON'S METHOD; NOVEL METHODS; SECOND ORDERS; UNDERWOOD'S EQUATION;

DISTILLATION; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 79551538210     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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