OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 1976 · 46 citations · 0 references
Process IntegrationProcess DesignDistillation SystemsProcess IntensificationEngineeringIndustrial EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringEnergy EfficiencyAgricultural EconomicsProcess ControlMinimum Venture CostsProcess EngineeringPlant DesignIndustrial DistillationSustainable ProductionDistillationFeed Composition
The minimum venture costs for eight distillation systems separating ternary feeds are compared. Minimum cost surfaces, plotted on feed-composition coordinates, lead to heuristics for choosing the best design, based on feed composition. The regions of optimality, defined by the surface intersections, vary with the species, but some designs are always preferred at particular feed compositions.