Aromatization of propane: Techno-economic analysis by multiscale "kinetics-to-process" simulation

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 457-466

  Corbetta, Michele ^a   Manenti, Flavio ^a   Pirola, Carlo ^b   Tsodikov, Mark V ^c   Chistyakov, Andrey V ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c TOPCHIEV INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Excel unit operation module; Hydroprocessed renewable jet (HRJ) fuel; Kinetic modelling; Multiscale simulation; Process development; Propane aromatization

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; PROPANE; ZEOLITES;

KINETIC MODELLING; MULTI-SCALE SIMULATION; OPERATION MODULE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROPANE AROMATIZATION;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84908268199     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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