Vol 69 (2018)
"The content of this Volume focuses on the newest and best in distillation & absorption technology."
Guest Editors: Elisabetta Brunazzi, Eva Sorensen
Copyright © 2018, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.
ISBN 978-88-95608-66-2; ISSN 2283-9216

Research Articles

Experimental Investigation of Local Film Thickness and Velocity Distribution Inside Falling Liquid Films on Corrugated Structured Packings
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Desorption of Isobutyl Acetate into Air as a Low-Cost Alternative System for the Measurement of Liquid Phase Mass Transfer Coefficients
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Hydrodynamics of a Packed Column Operated under Supercritical Conditions
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Separation of Furfural and Acetic Acid with Liquid-Liquid-Extraction and Distillation In Biorefinery Systems: Simulations and Laboratory Experiments
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Efficiency of Mixture Separation in Distillation Columns with Structured Packings under Conditions of Dynamically Controlled Irrigation
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The Effect of Fluid Properties and Packing Size on the Hydrodynamics of Packed Columns
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Phase Transitions in Higher-Melting Ionic Liquids: Thermal Storage Materials or Liquid Crystals?
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Extended Performance Comparison of Different Pressure Drop, Hold-Up and Flooding Point Correlations for Packed Columns
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Evaluation of the kLae of Structured Packings in Small Diameter Columns - The Key Role of Wall-Wipers
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Mass Transfer Rate Parameters of Sulzer EX Laboratory Scale Gauze Structured Packing
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Direct Numerical Simulations of Liquids on Microstructured Surfaces: Analysing the Fluid Dynamics on Packing
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Novel Model for Separation Efficiency of Packed Distillation Columns
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Univolatility Curves in Ternary Mixtures: Topology and Bifurcation
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Continuous Estimation of the Key Components Content in the Isomerization Process Products
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Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Solubility in Furfural, a Potential Bio-Based Chemical, at various Temperature and Pressure Conditions
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Removing Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere – Assessing the Technologies
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The Salting-out Effect in Some Physical Absorbents for CO2 Capture
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Improved and Innovative Methods for the Characterization of Random and Structured Packings
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Structure-Property Relationships for New Amines for Reactive CO2 Absorption
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Absorption of Carbon Dioxide using Enzyme Activated Amine Solution in Columns with Random Packings
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Simultaneous Absorption of SO2 and CO2 from Conventional and Partial Oxy-fuel Cement Plant Flue Gases
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Optimisation of the RectisolTM Design with Packing: the RectisolTM Demonstration Unit
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Designing CO2 Absorption Columns with Activated Amine Solutions
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Reaction Enthalpy Conversion in Amine Based Post-Combustion CO2 Capture
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Pilot Tests and Rate-Based Modelling of CO2 Capture in Cement Plants Using an Aqueous Ammonia Solution
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Optimal Operation of a CO2 Absorption Plant in a Post-Combustion Unit for Cost Reduction
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Amino Acid Based Solvent Vs. Traditional Amine Solvent: a Comparison
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Bench-Scale Study for CO2 Capture Using AMP/PZ/Water Mixtures
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Rate-based Modelling of CO2 Absorption with Sandwich Packings
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Model Adaptation and Optimization for the Evaluation and Investigation of Novel Amine Blends in a Pilot-plant Scale CO2 Capture Process under Industrial Conditions
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Comprehensive Study of Hydraulic and Mass-Transfer Characteristics Determination under Absorption Conditions Performed on Structured Packings Raschig Super-Pak
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Study on The Selective Absorption of Hydrogen Sulfide From Coal Gas with High Gravity Technology
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Absorption and Desorption Study of Alkylamine Promoted DEEA Solvents for CO2 Capture
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Fast Screening of Energy and Cost Efficient Intensified Distillation Processes
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Enhanced Biobutanol Separation by a Heat Pump Assisted Azeotropic Dividing-Wall Column
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Conceptual Design of a Novel Process for the Production of OME Fuels
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Biobutanol Purification by Liquid-Liquid Extraction Assisted Divided Wall Columns
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CAMD for Entrainer Screening of Extractive Distillation Process Based on New Thermodynamic Criteria
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Divided Wall Columns: Usefulness and Challenges
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Effect of Organic Solvents in Separation Section of Levulinic Acid Production: Synthesis of Distillation Sequences
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A Generalized Ease Of Separation Index for Selection of Optimal Configuration of Ternary Distillation
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A Rate-Based Equation-Oriented Parallel Column Model: Application to Dividing Wall Columns
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Thermodynamic Equivalence Validation of New Fpdwcs with Two Partition Walls
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On Controllability of Four-Product Dividing Wall Columns
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A Paper about the Slope of the Equilibrium Line
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Pressure-Driven Dynamic Simulation of Distillation Columns in Air Separation Units
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Development of a Mesoscale Modeling Approach for the Gas Phase Fluid Dynamics in Structured Packings
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Zero-Gravity Distillation with Metal Foams: A Modelling Approach
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Industrial Application of Surrogate Models to Optimize Crude Oil Distillation Units
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Enrichment of Components at Vapour - Liquid Interfaces: A Study by Molecular Simulation and Density Gradient Theory
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Marinization of Mass Transfer Columns for FLNG Applications
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The Dependence of the Feasible Separation Region on Feed Quality and Column Equipment
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Insights for Designing the Hydrocarbon Recovery from Ionic Liquids by Distillation in the Aliphatic/aromatic Separation by Liquid-liquid Extraction
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Sustainable Production of Renewable Aviation Fuel through Intensification Strategies
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Thermodynamic Model to Study Removal of Chlorine, Silicon Tetrafluoride and other Uncommon Materials from Off Gases
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A Novel RTD Compartment Model for Tray Efficiency Predictions
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Numerical Simulation of Two-Phase Flow and Interfacial Species Transfer in Structured Packings
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Simulation and Design of a Dividing Wall Column with an Analysis of a Vapour Splitting Device
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A Novel Approach to the Modelling of Transport Phenomena in Random Packings
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Multiple Steady-State Solutions in a Dividing Wall Column Simulation
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Temperature Difference Control of a Four-Product Dividing-Wall Distillation Column
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Choosing the Right Model for Distillation Processes in Packed Columns: Theory and Experiments
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Comparison of Extraction Solvents in the Recovery of Levulinic Acid from Biomass Hydrolysate Using a Group Contribution Method
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Optimization of High Temperature Reactive Distillation for Production of Ethyl Levulinate
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A New Optimisation-based Design Methodology for Energy-efficient Crude Oil Distillation Systems with Preflash Units
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Experimental and Theoretical Studies on Local Liquid Phase Distribution in Packed Columns
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Modeling of the Use of Hydrocarbons in Absorption Refrigeration Machine
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Controllability Features of Dividing-Wall Columns
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Study of Clear Liquid Height and Dry Pressure Drop Models for Valve Trays
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Design of an Energy Saving ACN-based Butadiene Production Process by Using Dividing Wall Columns
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Investigation of Global Sensitivity Analysis on Operating Revenue and CO2 Emissions from Crude Oil Distillation using Two-Stage Uncertainty Quantification Method
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Project-Based Learning Applied to Distillation and Absorption Education: Integration Between Industry and a Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Course
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Dehydration of Isopropanol by Batch Heteroazeotropic Distillation with Toluene as Entrainer
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Different Feeding Policies for Semi-Batch Distillation
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A Novel Process Design for Biobutanol Purification from ABE Fermentation
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Extending Murphree Tray Efficiency from Mass to Heat Transfer in Distillation
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Modelling of Enzymatic Reactive CO2 Absorption
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Solution to Lestak’s Heat Transfer Problem for Dividing Wall Columns and Implications for Practical Operation
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Troubleshooting Distillation Columns Unexpected Causes for Malfunctioning Columns
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Troubleshooting a Thermosiphon Reboiler – Why New Is Not Always Better than Old
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Analysis of an Oscillating Two-Stage Evaporator System through Modelling and Simulation: an Industrial Case Study
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A Rigorous Model for Evaluating Moving Window Soft Sensors for Industrial Distillation Processes
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Crude Vacuum Tower Wash Bed Optimization
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Troubleshooting and Customized Engineering at the Limit
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Packed Bed Performance Analytics Based on Gamma Scans
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Improving the Performance of Towers with Random Packing
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Hybrid Schemes for Intensified Chemical and Biochemical Process Alternatives
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Membrane-assisted Cryogenic Distillation for Energy-efficient Argon Production from Air
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Development of Extractive Distillation Processes for Close-Boiling Polar Systems
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Novel Control Structures for Heterogeneous Reactive Distillation
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New Process Control Concepts for Energy Efficient Operation of Reactive Dividing Wall Columns
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Dividing Wall Columns in Operation
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Taking Reactive Distillation to the Next Level of Process Intensification
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Integrated Design of Solvents in Hybrid Reaction-Separation Processes Using COSMO-RS
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Basic Principles of a Hybrid Distillation and Pervaporation Unit in a Single Column: an Analytic Tool
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Separation of Mixture Containing Maximum Boiling Azeotrope with Extractive Heterogeneous-Azeotropic Distillation
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Novel Dual-Effect Side Reactive Distillation for Improving Energy Efficiency of Methyl Acetate Hydrolysis Process
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Energy Minimum Design and Systematic Analysis of the Reactive Dividing Wall Column
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Conceptual Design and Practical Challenges of Gas-Phase Catalytic Reactive Distillation/Absorption
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A Novel Method for Determining the Optimal Operating Points of Reactive Distillation Processes
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Effect of Operating Conditions and Split Ratio for Lactic Acid Purification by Short Path Evaporation System
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Investigation of Process Alternatives for the Separation of Ethanol, N-Butanol and Water Ternary Mixture
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Simulation Study of a Reactive Distillation Process for the Ethanol Production
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Selectivity Engineering with Hybrid Reactive Distillation Column: Mixtures Containing Inerts and Multi-Azeotropes
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Feasibility Study of Reactive Distillation Configuration for 2-Methoxy-2-methylheptane
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Production of a Green Multi-Purpose Fuel by Reactive Distillation
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Hybrid Separation Scheme for Azeotropic Mixtures –Sustainable Design Methodology
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Analysis and Evaluation of a Heat Integrated Horizontal Distillation System
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Results of Process Equipment Imaging by Tomographic Gamma Scan
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Experimental Investigation and Design of Rotating Packed Beds for Distillation
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Analysing the Operating Limits in High Gravity Equipment
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Gas Drying Using Supported Ionic Liquids
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Investigation of the Separation Performance of a Stripping Microchannel Device: a Model-Based Approach
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Indirect Series of Falling Film Distillation Column to Process Synthetic Naphtha
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Chemi-Electro-Hydrodynamic of Sulphur Dioxide Absorption By Electrified Water Sprays
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A New Tray Efficiency Model: How Simple May It Be?
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Hydraulic and Mass Transfer Performances of a Commercial Hybrid Packing: The RSP200X - Key Modelling Parameters for Gas Treatment Applications
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C2 Splitter Revamp Surpasses Capacity and Efficiency of 4-Pass Trays
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Pour Point Density Estimations for Packed Columns with Structured Packings
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The Maldistribution Story - An Industrial Perspective
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NeXRing - High Performance Packing for Demanding Applications
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Experimental Investigation of Fluid Dynamics in Sandwich Packings with Ultrafast X-ray Tomography
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Analysis and Evaluation of Periodic Separations Using COPS Trays
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Development and Application of the TUM-WelChem Cell Model for Prediction of Liquid Distribution in Random Packed Columns
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Optimizing the Design of Splitter Towers
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In-line Analysis of Entrainment through Image based Probe Measurement Technology
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A Novel Potential Application of SiC Ceramic Foam Material to Distillation: Structured Corrugation Foam Packing
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Experimental Evidence on Performance of an Advanced Gauze Structured Packing under Deep Vacuum Distillation Conditions
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Design of a Test Rig for the Simulation of Startup Procedures in Main Heat Exchangers of Air Separation Plants
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An Unobstructed View of Liquid Flow in Structured Packing
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An Advanced Approach to Design Structured Packing Columns using Miniaturized Experimental Set-Ups
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Flexibility for Absorption and Distillation Columns
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Random Packing Modelling under High Pressure for Gas-Liquid Systems
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Seawater Desulphurization of Simulated Flue Gas in Spray and Packed Columns: an Experimental and Modelling Comparison
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Limitations of Air/Water Testing in the Development of High Performance Trays
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The GX Fiber Bed – A Novel Mist Eliminator with Improved Aerosol Removal Performances
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Simulation of an SO2 Tolerant Amine Based Post-combustion CO2 Capture Process
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Cyclic Distillation Technology - A New Challenger in Fluid Separations
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Dividing Wall Columns for Natural Gas Liquefaction Plants
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Optimal Operation of Dividing Wall Column using Enhanced Active Vapor Distributor
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Process Intensification in Multicomponent Distillation
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Design and Commercial Operation of a Discretely Heat Integrated Distillation Column
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Design of Heat-Integrated Columns: Industrial Practice
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Heat Integrated Distillation Column (Hidic): Experimental Study on a New Concentric Column Technology
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Optimization of a Cooling-Condensation Tower
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Energy Saving Schemes for Separation of Benzene-Cyclohexane-Toluene Mixture with Different Initial Compositions by Extractive Distillation
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Benzene Purification from Thiophene by Extractive Distillation with Dimethylformamide
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New Conceptual Design Methodology for a Concentric Heat Integrated Distillation Column (HIDiC)
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Design of a Fully Heat-Integrated Pressure-Swing Distillation for Close-Boiling Separation
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Network of Dividing Wall Columns in Complex Process Units
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HIDiC Configuration Selection Based on Exergetic Analysis
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Use of Dividing Wall Columns for Process Intensification
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