Municipal solid waste to liquid transportation fuels - Part II: Process synthesis and global optimization strategies

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 184-203

  Niziolek, Alexander M ^a   Onel, Onur ^a   Hasan, M M Faruque ^a   Floudas, Christodoulos A ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Global optimization; Mathematical modeling; Mixed integer nonlinear optimization; Municipal solid waste; Process synthesis

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; FUELS; GASOLINE; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LIQUID FUELS; LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANOL; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OLEFINS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLID WASTES;

DETERMINISTIC GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; LIQUID TRANSPORTATION; MIXED-INTEGER NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK; OPTIMIZATION STRATEGY; PROCESS SYNTHESIS; WATER INTEGRATION;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

EID: 84922571216     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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