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Parametric studies in industrial distillation: Part III. Design methods and their evaluation
Author(s) -
Tedder D. William,
Rudd Dale F.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690240222
Subject(s) - distillation , parametric statistics , process engineering , fractionating column , tower , parametric design , engineering , computer science , thermodynamics , industrial engineering , mathematics , chemistry , statistics , civil engineering , chromatography , physics
Distillation networks are described as sets of composition nodes which are used to estimate material and energy balances. Comparisons with equialent, equilibrium stage models indicate that these simplified design methods consistently result in small, but acceptable, overdesign, even when applied to complex, thermally coupled tower configurations.