Modeling, simulation and control of an internally heat integrated pressure-swing distillation process for bioethanol separation

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1532-1546

  Mulia Soto, Jorge Francisco ^a   Flores Tlacuahuac, Antonio ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Facultad de Quimica   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biofuel ethanol; Control; Internal heat integration; Pressure swing distillation process; Process modeling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; CONTROL ENGINEERING; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; ETHANOL FUELS; PURIFICATION; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALCOHOL AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BIOETHANOL SEPARATIONS; INTERNAL HEAT INTEGRATION; PRESSURE SWING DISTILLATION; PROCESS MODELING; PURIFICATION PROCESS; SIMULATION; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR;

ETHANOL;

EID: 79960560874     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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