Simulation and optimization of distillation processes for separating a close-boiling mixture of n-Butanol and isobutanol

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 37, 2014, Pages 14440-14445

  Gao, Xiaoxin ^a,b   Chen, Jun ^a   Ma, Zhengfei ^b   Yang, Limin ^a  

^a CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MIXTURES; SEPARATION;

CLOSE-BOILING; DISTILLATION PROCESS; LARGE AMOUNTS; REFLUX RATIO; RESEARCH RESULTS; SAVE ENERGY; SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION; VAPOR RECOMPRESSION;

DISTILLATION;

EID: 84926289715     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie502695x     Document Type: Article

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