Optimization of the design and operation of an extractive distillation system for the production of fuel grade ethanol using glycerol as entrainer

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3977-3985

  GarciÌa Herreros, Pablo ^a   GoÌmez, Jorge M ^a   Gil, Ivaìn D ^b   RodriÌguez, Gerardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; DETERMINISTIC ALGORITHMS; DISCRETE VARIABLES; ECONOMIC CRITERIA; EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; EXTRACTIVE DISTILLATION; EXTRACTIVE DISTILLATION SYSTEMS; FEED STAGE LOCATION; FUEL GRADE ETHANOL; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MIXED INTEGER NON-LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING VARIABLES; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PROBLEM CONSTRAINTS;

DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT; ETHANOL; GLYCEROL; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79953278974     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie101845j     Document Type: Article

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