Design and optimization of modified non-sharp column configurations for quaternary distillations

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 15-27

  Torres Ortega, Carlo Edgar ^a   Errico, Massimiliano ^b   Rong, Ben Guang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dividing wall column; Multicomponent distillation; Non sharp separation; Process intensification; Process synthesis; Stochastic optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISTILLATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION;

DIVIDING WALL COLUMNS; MULTICOMPONENT DISTILLATIONS; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; PROCESS SYNTHESIS; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATIONS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 84920424487     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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