Performance enhancement for crystallization unit of a sugar plant using genetic algorithm technique

Journal of Industrial Engineering International

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Tewari, P C ^a   Khanduja, Rajiv ^b   Gupta, Mahesh ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institute of Engineering and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Crystallization unit; Genetic algorithm; Performance enhancement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009878718     PISSN: 17355702     EISSN: 2251712X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2251-712X-8-1     Document Type: Article

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