Novel application for exergy and thermoeconomic analysis of processes simulated with Aspen Plus®

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 964-974

  Querol, E ^a   Gonzalez Regueral, B ^a   Ramos, A ^a   Perez Benedito, J L ^b  

^a Dpto de Automatic Ingenieria Electronica e Informatics Industrial DISAM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspen Plus ; Excel; Exergy; Thermoeconomics; VBA

Indexed keywords

AIR SEPARATION UNIT; ASPEN PLUS; ENERGY PROCESS; EXCEL; FREE ACCESS; HEAT STREAM; MICROSOFT; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; THERMO-ECONOMICS; THERMOECONOMIC; THERMOECONOMIC ANALYSIS; VBA; VISUAL BASIC APPLICATION;

EXERGY;

ALGORITHM; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXERGY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79551542094     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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