Simulated moving bed technology: Principles, design and process applications

Simulated Moving Bed Technology: Principles, Design and Process Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-283

  Rodrigues, A E ^a   Pereira, C ^a   Minceva, M ^b   Pais, L S ^c   Ribeiro, A M ^a   Ribeiro, A ^c   Silva, M ^a   Graca N ^a   Santos, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

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STUDENTS;

DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; GRADUATE STUDENTS; MODEL VALIDATION; PROCESS APPLICATIONS; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SIMULATED MOVING BED TECHNOLOGIES; TYPICAL APPLICATION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

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