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New multicomponent distillation configurations with simultaneous heat and mass integration

  1. Anirudh A. Shenvi,
  2. Vishesh H. Shah,
  3. Rakesh Agrawal*

Article first published online: 4 DEC 2012

DOI: 10.1002/aic.13971

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AIChE Journal

AIChE Journal

Volume 59, Issue 1, pages 272–282, January 2013

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Shenvi, A. A., Shah, V. H. and Agrawal, R. (2013), New multicomponent distillation configurations with simultaneous heat and mass integration. AIChE J., 59: 272–282. doi: 10.1002/aic.13971

Author Information

  1. School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to R. Agrawal at agrawalr@purdue.edu.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 21 DEC 2012
  2. Article first published online: 4 DEC 2012
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 15 NOV 2012 10:04AM EST
  4. Manuscript Revised: 22 OCT 2012
  5. Manuscript Received: 5 JUN 2012

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  • Department of Energy, DOE. Grant Number: DE-FG36-06GO16104

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