Feed-stage multiplicity in multicomponent distillation / William L. Luyben in Industrial & engineering chemistry research, Vol. 49 N° 8 (Avril 2010)
Feed-stage multiplicity in multicomponent distillation [texte imprimé] / William L. Luyben, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 3980–3982.
Industrial Chemistry
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Industrial & engineering chemistry research > Vol. 49 N° 8 (Avril 2010) . - pp. 3980–3982
Mots-clés : Feed Multicomponent Distillation Résumé : Finding the optimum feed-stage location in distillation design usually is achieved by determining what location minimizes reboiler energy consumption. There is a minimum in a plot of energy versus feed stage in ideal distillation columns. However, in multicomponent systems, multiple steady states may occur as feed-stage location is varied. This note presents a numerical example of this phenomenon. ISSN : 0888-5885 En ligne : http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie1001108