Synthesis of complex thermally coupled distillation systems including divided wall columns

AIChE Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1139-1159

  Caballero, José A ^a   Grossmann, Ignacio E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disjunctive programming problem; Distillation; Divided wall column; Mixed integer nonlinear programming problem; Superstructure optimization; Thermally coupled distillation

Indexed keywords

DISJUNCTIVE PROGRAMMING; FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVES; LOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS; MIXED INTEGER NON-LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS; SUPERSTRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION; THERMALLY COUPLED DISTILLATION; THERMALLY COUPLED DISTILLATION SEQUENCES; THREE-COMPONENT MIXTURES;

DISTILLATION;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 84875370159     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.13912     Document Type: Article

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