An automated environmental and economic evaluation methodology for the optimization of a sour water stripping plant

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-68

  Torres, Carmen M ^a   Gadalla, Mamdouh ^b   Mateo Sanz, Josep M ^a   Jiménez, Laureano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b The British University in Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Automated tool; Environmental assessment; Pinch Analysis; Process optimization; Process simulation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED TOOLS; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; ECONOMIC INDICATORS; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; HEAT INTEGRATION; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEX; PINCH ANALYSIS; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; RESOURCES CONSUMPTION; SOUR WATER;

ALGORITHMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATLAB; OPTIMIZATION;

AUTOMATION;

EID: 84873394246     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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