Flowsheet synthesis and complex distillation column design for separating ternary heterogeneous azeotropic mixtures

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1362-1376

  Prayoonyong, Paritta ^a   Jobson, Megan ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary value method; Complex columns; Heterogeneous azeotropic distillation; Recycle heuristics; Sequence synthesis

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE METHODS; COMPLEX COLUMNS; HETEROGENEOUS AZEOTROPIC DISTILLATION; RECYCLE HEURISTICS; SEQUENCE SYNTHESIS;

BOTTLES; DESIGN; DISTILLATION; LIQUIDS; MIXTURES;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 79958712595     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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