Computer simulation applied to studying continuous spirit distillation and product quality control

Food Control

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1592-1603

  Batista, Fabio R M ^a   Meirelles, Antonio J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aspen Plus; Bioethanol; Degassing; Distillation; Simulation; Spirits

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956078848     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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