Effects of Energy Intensification of Pressure-Swing Distillation on Energy Consumption and Controllability

Jonathan Wavomba Mtogo1,2, Andras Jozsef Toth1, Daniel Fozer3

  • 1Department of Chemical and Environmental Process Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1111Budapest, Hungary.

ACS Omega
|January 16, 2023
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