Improvement of the deethanizing and depropanizing fractionation steps in NGL recovery process using dividing wall column

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 285-294

  Long, Nguyen Van Duc ^a   Lee, Moonyong ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Distillation; Dividing Wall Column; DWC; Fully Thermally Coupled Distillation Column; Heat Integration; Natural Gas Liquid

Indexed keywords

DIVIDING WALL COLUMNS; DWC; HEAT INTEGRATION; NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS; THERMALLY COUPLED DISTILLATION;

DISTILLATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ETHANE; LIQUIDS; NATURAL GAS; OPERATING COSTS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 84860004552     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.11we187     Document Type: Article

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