Improving the exergy efficiency of a cryogenic air separation unit as part of an integrated gasification combined cycle

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-42

  Van Der Ham, L V ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryogenic air separation; Exergy efficiency; Heat integrated distillation columns; Integrated gasification combined cycle

Indexed keywords

AIR SEPARATION UNIT; CRYOGENIC AIR SEPARATION; ELECTRIC EFFICIENCY; EXERGY DESTRUCTIONS; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; HEAT INTEGRATION; HEAT-INTEGRATED DISTILLATION COLUMNS; INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED CYCLE;

CRYOGENICS; EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; GASIFICATION; INTEGRATION; SEPARATION;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 84859792506     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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