A Course on Energy Technology and Policy

Auteurs-es

  • Thomas F. Edgar University of Texas

Résumé

An exercise to compute LLE data is presented to illustrate the problems that can arise when the isoactivity equilibrium condition is used in the LLE calculations. A much more efficient condition is obtained when isoactivity is combined with the common tangent line criterion, avoiding false solutions that correspond with very low values of the activity objective function. Also, 3D figures are represented to discuss the topological aspects of the dimensionless Gibbs energy of mixture function (GM/RT).

Biographie de l'auteur-e

Thomas F. Edgar, University of Texas

Thomas F. Edgar is the Abell chair in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas, where he has been a faculty member for 35 years. His research interests are in the areas of process modeling, control, and optimization.

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Publié-e

2007-07-01

Numéro

Vol. 41 No. 3 (2007): Summer 2007

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