Modeling and simulation of an industrial-scale parex process

AIChE Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1345-1363

  Silva, Marta S P ^a   Rodrigues, Alírio E ^a   Mota, José P B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dead volumes; P xylene; Parex; Simulated moving bed

Indexed keywords

XYLENE;

ADSORBENT CAPACITY; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; DEAD VOLUMES; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MODEL AND SIMULATION; P XYLENE; PAREX; SIMULATED MOVING BED;

DATA STREAMS;

EID: 84925255362     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14732     Document Type: Article

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