Synthesis, Design and Retrofitting of Energy Efficient Separation Processes
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چکیده
A new methodology for the synthesis, design and retrofitting of energy efficient separation processes that is based on the concept of shortest separation lines is presented. The basic theory of shortest distillation lines, formulated as a nonlinear programming problem, is given. Two examples are presented that show that energy efficient separations correspond to shortest stripping lines – even when solutions that correspond to minimum energy consumption do not occur at pinch points.
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