Membrane retrofit option for paraffin/olefin separation-a technoeconomic evaluation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 6977-6986

  Motelica, Anatolie ^a   Bruinsma, Odolphus S L ^a   Kreiter, Robert ^a   Den Exter, Marcel ^a   Vente, Jaap F ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUMN CAPACITY; DEBOTTLENECKING; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL; GAS SEPARATION MEMBRANE; HYBRID SEPARATION PROCESS; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE SELECTIVITY; PROCESS CONFIGURATION; PRODUCTION CAPACITY; SATURATED HYDROCARBONS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC EVALUATION;

BUTADIENE; DISTILLATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHANE; ETHYLENE;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84861128114     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie300587u     Document Type: Article

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