Analysis and simulation of an industrial vegetable oil refining process

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 840-851

  Landucci, Gabriele ^a   Pannocchia, Gabriele ^a   Pelagagge, Luigi ^b   Nicolella, Cristiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SALOV Società Alimentare Lucchese Oli E Vini S p A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced thermodynamic models; Formation of flammable mixtures; Process simulation; Vegetable oil refining

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION; COMMERCIAL PROCESS SIMULATORS; FLAMMABLE MIXTURES; OPERATING CONDITION; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; VEGETABLE OIL REFINING;

AIR EJECTORS; AIR ENTRAINMENT; EXTRACTION; HEXANE; PETROLEUM REFINERIES;

VEGETABLE OILS;

EID: 84874890604     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2013.01.034     Document Type: Article

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