A new method of locating all pinch points in nonideal distillation systems, and its application to pinch point loci and distillation boundaries

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1072-1087

  Felbab, N ^a   Hildebrandt, D ^a   Glasser, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Column profile map; Difference point equation; Distillation; Node; Pinch point locus

Indexed keywords

COLUMN PROFILE MAP; COMPLEX CONFIGURATION; COMPOSITION SPACE; DIFFERENCE POINTS; DISTILLATION BOUNDARIES; DISTILLATION SYSTEMS; HIGHER-ORDER SYSTEMS; MASS BALANCE; NODE; NON-IDEALITIES; NONIDEAL; NRTL MODEL; PINCH POINT LOCUS; RIGOROUS SIMULATION; SYSTEM TOPOLOGY;

DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 79955471666     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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