A combined method for the design and optimization of intensified distillation systems

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 69-76

  Errico, Massimiliano ^a   Pirellas, Pietro ^a   Torres Ortega, Carlo Edgar ^b   Rong, Ben Guang ^b   Segovia Hernandez, Juan Gabriel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Multicomponent distillation; Optimal design; Process synthesis; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION;

ALTERNATIVES GENERATIONS; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; DISTILLATION COLUMN DESIGN; MULTI-OBJECTIVE DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTIONS; MULTICOMPONENT DISTILLATIONS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PROCESS SYNTHESIS; SIMULATION; COMBINED METHOD; DISTILLATION SYSTEMS;

DESIGN;

EID: 84907410525     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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