Review of retrofitting distillation columns using thermally coupled distillation sequences and dividing wall columns to improve energy efficiency

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 87-108

  Long, Nguyen Van Duc ^a   Lee, Moonyong ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Debottlenecking; Dividing wall column; Process integration; Process intensifcation; Retroft; Thermally coupled distillation column

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894269237     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.13we067     Document Type: Article

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