Minimum number of transfer units and reboiler duty for multicomponent distillation columns

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-79

  Pleşu, Valentin ^a   Ruiz, Alexandra Elena Bonet ^a   Bonet, Jordi ^b   Llorens, Joan ^b   Iancu, Petrica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distillation column; Feasibility; Infinite infinite analysis; Minimum number of transfer units; Minimum reboiler duty; Residue curve map; Thermal efficiency

Indexed keywords

FEASIBILITY; INFINITE/INFINITE ANALYSIS; MINIMUM NUMBER OF TRANSFERS; MINIMUM REBOILER DUTY; RESIDUE CURVE MAPS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MIXTURES; SEPARATION;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 84886099667     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.01.052     Document Type: Article

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