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Part 1 Basics of Process Simulation |
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1 Introduction to Process Simulation |
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1.1 Process Design and Simulation |
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3 | (2) |
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1.2 Historical Perspective for Process Simulation |
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5 | (1) |
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1.3 Basic Architectures for Commercial Software |
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6 | (2) |
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1.4 Basic Algorithms for Process Simulation |
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8 | (2) |
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1.4.1 Sequential Modular Approach |
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8 | (2) |
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1.4.2 Equation-Oriented Approach |
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10 | (1) |
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1.5 Incorporation of Process Synthesis Model and Sequential Modular Approach |
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10 | (4) |
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1.6 Ten Good Habits for Process Simulation |
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14 | (9) |
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20 | (3) |
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2 Registration of New Components |
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2.1 Registration of Hypothetical Components |
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23 | (3) |
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2.1.1 Hypothetical Component Registration With Aspen HYSYS |
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23 | (1) |
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2.1.2 Hypothetical Component Registration With PRO/II |
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24 | (2) |
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2.2 Registration of Crude Oil |
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26 | (25) |
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49 | (2) |
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3 Physical Property Estimation for Process Simulation |
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3.1 Chemical Engineering Processes |
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51 | (2) |
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52 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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3.2 Thermodynamic Processes |
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53 | (3) |
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3.2.1 Characteristic Thermodynamic Relationships |
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54 | (1) |
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3.2.2 Maxwell Relationships |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (4) |
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3.3.1 The Ideal Gas Law (c.1834) |
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56 | (1) |
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3.3.2 Corrections to the Ideal Gas Law (Cubic Equations of State) |
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57 | (3) |
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60 | (2) |
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3.5 Viscosity and Other Properties |
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62 | (1) |
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62 | (6) |
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3.6.1 Vapor Phase Correction |
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63 | (2) |
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3.6.2 Liquid Phase Corrections |
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65 | (2) |
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3.6.3 Bringing It All Together |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (4) |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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3.7.4 Two-Phase Pressure---Temperature Flash |
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71 | (1) |
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3.7.5 Other Flash Routines |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (5) |
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3.8.1 Pressure---Temperature Diagrams of Pure Components and Mixtures |
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72 | (4) |
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3.8.2 Retrograde Behavior |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (4) |
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77 | (2) |
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79 | (1) |
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79 | (2) |
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4 Simulation of Recycle Streams |
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4.1 Types of Recycle Streams |
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81 | (1) |
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4.2 Tips in Handling Recycle Streams |
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82 | (4) |
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4.2.1 Analyze the Flowsheet |
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82 | (1) |
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4.2.2 Provide Estimates for Recycle Streams |
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83 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Simplify the Flowsheet |
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84 | (1) |
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4.2.4 Avoid Overspecifying Mass Balance |
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85 | (1) |
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4.2.5 Check for Trapped Material |
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86 | (1) |
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4.2.6 Increase Number of Iterations |
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86 | (1) |
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4.3 Recycle Convergence and Acceleration Techniques |
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86 | (11) |
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93 | (1) |
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93 | (4) |
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5 Basics of Process Simulation With UniSim Design |
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5.1 Example on n-Octane Production |
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97 | (1) |
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5.2 Stage 1: Basic Simulation Setup |
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98 | (3) |
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5.3 Stage 2: Modeling of Reactor |
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101 | (5) |
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5.4 Stage 3: Modeling of Separation Unit |
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106 | (2) |
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5.5 Stage 4: Modeling of Recycle System |
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108 | (6) |
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5.5.1 Material Recycle System |
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108 | (2) |
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5.5.2 Energy Recycle System |
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110 | (4) |
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114 | (5) |
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114 | (3) |
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117 | (2) |
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6 Modeling of a Dew Point Control Unit With UniSim Design |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (1) |
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6.3 Conceptual Design for Dew Point Control Unit |
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121 | (3) |
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6.4 Conceptual Design of Propane Refrigeration System |
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124 | (6) |
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6.4.1 Basic Understanding of a Refrigeration Cycle |
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125 | (1) |
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6.4.2 Degrees of Freedom Analysis |
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126 | (1) |
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6.4.3 Design of Refrigeration Cycle Using a Mollier Diagram |
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126 | (3) |
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6.4.4 Design of Refrigeration System With UniSim Design |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (9) |
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131 | (1) |
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Exercise 1 Dew Point Control Unit: Base Model Setup |
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131 | (1) |
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Exercise 2 Dew Point Control Unit: Calculate the Dew Point of the Sales Gas |
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132 | (1) |
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Exercise 3 Dew Point Control Unit: Determining the Chiller Temperature |
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133 | (2) |
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Exercise 4 Propane Refrigeration |
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135 | (1) |
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135 | (4) |
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7 Basics of Process Simulation With SimSci PRO/II |
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7.1 Example on n-Octane Production |
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139 | (1) |
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7.2 Stage 1: Basic Simulation Setup |
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139 | (2) |
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139 | (1) |
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7.2.2 Component Selection |
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139 | (1) |
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7.2.3 Thermodynamics Method |
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140 | (1) |
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7.3 Stage 2: Modeling of Reactor |
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141 | (1) |
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7.4 Stage 3: Modeling of Separation Units |
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142 | (6) |
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7.5 Stage 4: Modeling of Recycle Systems |
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148 | (5) |
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153 | (4) |
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153 | (2) |
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155 | (2) |
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8 Modeling for Biomaterial Drying, Extraction, and Purification Technologies |
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157 | (1) |
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8.2 Basic Simulation Setup |
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158 | (4) |
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8.2.1 User-Defined and Solid Components |
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158 | (1) |
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8.2.2 Specification for Process Feed Stream |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (2) |
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8.3 Modeling of Drying Technology |
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162 | (2) |
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8.4 Modeling of a Conventional Solvent Extractor |
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164 | (6) |
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170 | (7) |
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170 | (1) |
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170 | (1) |
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171 | (1) |
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172 | (5) |
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9 Basics of Process Simulation With ProMax |
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177 | (1) |
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9.2 Setting the Environment |
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177 | (3) |
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9.3 Creating and Adding the Reaction Set |
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180 | (2) |
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9.3.1 Creating the Reaction Set |
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180 | (2) |
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9.3.2 Adding the Reaction Set to the Environment |
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182 | (1) |
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9.4 Flowsheeting and Specification of Blocks and Streams |
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182 | (23) |
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9.4.1 Adding and Connecting the Reactor, Distillation Column, and Splitter Blocks |
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184 | (4) |
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9.4.2 Specifying and Executing the Reactor Inlet, Reactor, Distillation Column, and Splitter Blocks |
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188 | (10) |
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9.4.3 Recycle Loop and Inlet Preheating: Adding and Connecting the Compressor, Cross Exchanger, Heater, Recycle, and Mixer Blocks |
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198 | (2) |
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9.4.4 Specification and Execution of the Compressor, Cross Exchanger, Preheater, Recycle, and Mixer Blocks |
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200 | (5) |
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9.5 Determination of a Recycle Block Guess and Closing of the Recycle Loop |
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205 | (1) |
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9.5.1 Recycle and Mixer Blocks |
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205 | (1) |
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9.5.2 Closing the Recycle Loop |
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206 | (1) |
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206 | (3) |
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209 | (2) |
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209 | (1) |
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209 | (2) |
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10 Modeling of Sour Gas Sweetening With MDEA |
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211 | (1) |
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10.1.1 Background---MDEA Sweetening Example |
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212 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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10.3 Setting the Environment |
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213 | (1) |
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10.4 Adding Blocks to the Flowsheet |
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214 | (1) |
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10.4.1 Adding Stages to the Columns |
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214 | (1) |
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10.4.2 Showing Stages in the Stripper Column Block |
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215 | (1) |
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10.5 Addition and Connection of Process and Energy Streams |
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215 | (2) |
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10.6 Specification of Blocks and Streams |
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217 | (9) |
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10.6.1 Dry Basis Sour Gas Process Stream and the Saturator Block |
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217 | (1) |
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218 | (2) |
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10.6.3 Rich Flash and the Lean/Rich Exchanger |
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220 | (1) |
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221 | (2) |
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223 | (1) |
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10.6.6 Makeup/Blowdown Block |
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224 | (1) |
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10.6.7 Circulation Pump and Trim Cooler |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (7) |
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229 | (1) |
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229 | (4) |
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Part 5 aspenONE Engineering |
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11 Basics of Process Simulation With Aspen HYSYS |
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11.1 Example on n-Octane Production |
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233 | (20) |
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252 | (1) |
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252 | (1) |
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12 Process Simulation for VCM Production |
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253 | (1) |
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253 | (19) |
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12.2.1 The Balanced Process |
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253 | (19) |
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272 | (3) |
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273 | (1) |
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273 | (2) |
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13 Process Simulation and Design of Acrylic Acid Production |
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275 | (1) |
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275 | (14) |
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276 | (1) |
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277 | (1) |
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13.2.3 Upstream Process Flowsheet |
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277 | (4) |
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13.2.4 Downstream Further Separation Flowsheet |
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281 | (6) |
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13.2.5 Sequenced-Separation Process |
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287 | (2) |
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13.3 Effect of Important Design Variables and Examples of Optimization Works |
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289 | (9) |
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13.3.1 Reactor Temperature and Its Size |
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289 | (1) |
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13.3.2 Water Rate Into Absorber |
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290 | (1) |
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13.3.3 Design Variables in Further Separation Section |
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291 | (5) |
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13.3.4 Comparison Between Hybrid Extraction-Distillation Process and Sequenced-Separation Process |
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296 | (2) |
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13.4 Further Comments on Aspen Plus Simulation |
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298 | (2) |
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298 | (1) |
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13.4.2 Further Separation Section |
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299 | (1) |
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300 | (5) |
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300 | (1) |
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Exercise 1 Furfuryl Alcohol Production Process |
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300 | (3) |
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Exercise 2 2-Methylfuran and Furfuryl Alcohol Coproduction Process |
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303 | (2) |
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Appendix A Cost Equations of Two Exercises |
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305 | (130) |
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A1 Reactor and Column Shell Cost |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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A8 Column Tray and Tower Internals Cost |
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309 | (2) |
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309 | (2) |
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14 Design and Simulation of Reactive Distillation Processes |
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311 | (1) |
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14.2 Methyl Acetate Reactive Distillation Process |
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312 | (10) |
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14.2.1 Thermodynamic Model |
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312 | (2) |
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314 | (2) |
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14.2.3 Process Configuration |
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316 | (6) |
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14.3 Butyl Acetate Reactive Distillation Process |
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322 | (7) |
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14.3.1 Thermodynamic Model |
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322 | (1) |
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14.3.2 Reaction Kinetic Model |
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322 | (2) |
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14.3.3 Process Configuration |
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324 | (5) |
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14.4 Isopropyl Acetate Reactive Distillation With Thermally Coupled Configuration |
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329 | (14) |
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14.4.1 Thermodynamic Model |
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329 | (3) |
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332 | (1) |
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14.4.3 Process Configuration |
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333 | (10) |
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14.5 Conclusion 342 Exercises |
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343 | (1) |
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1 Ethyl Acetate Reactive Distillation Process |
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343 | (2) |
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2 Diphenyl Carbonate Reactive Distillation Process by Using Phenyl Acetate and Diethyl Carbonate as Reactants |
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345 | (10) |
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Appendix: Fortran File Setting for Reactive Distillation |
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347 | (5) |
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352 | (3) |
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15 Design of Azeotropic Distillation Systems |
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355 | (1) |
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15.2 Azeotropic Separation Without Entrainer |
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356 | (3) |
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15.2.1 Pressure-Swing Distillation |
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356 | (2) |
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15.2.2 Heterogeneous Binary Azeotrope Separation |
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358 | (1) |
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15.2.3 Other Separation Methods |
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359 | (1) |
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15.3 Azeotropic Separation Method by Adding Entrainer |
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359 | (5) |
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15.3.1 Heterogeneous Azeotropic Distillation |
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359 | (3) |
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15.3.2 Extractive Distillation |
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362 | (2) |
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15.3.3 Other Separation Method by Adding Another Component |
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364 | (1) |
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15.4 Aspen Plus Simulations of Two Industrial Examples |
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364 | (11) |
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15.4.1 Methanol and Isopentane Separation |
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364 | (5) |
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15.4.2 Ethanol Dehydration Process |
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369 | (6) |
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15.5 Further Energy Savings via Heat-Integration |
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375 | (6) |
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15.5.1 Feed---Effluent Heat Exchanger |
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375 | (1) |
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15.5.2 Multieffect Distillation Columns |
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376 | (2) |
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15.5.3 Thermally Coupled (Dividing-Wall) Extractive Distillation System |
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378 | (1) |
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15.5.4 Thermally Coupled (Dividing-Wall) Heterogeneous Azeotropic Distillation System |
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378 | (3) |
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381 | (6) |
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382 | (2) |
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384 | (3) |
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16 Simulation and Analysis of Heat Exchanger Networks With Aspen Energy Analyzer |
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387 | (2) |
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16.2 Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Networks |
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389 | (6) |
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389 | (1) |
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16.2.2 A Simple One-Hot/One-Cold Heat Recovery Problem |
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390 | (3) |
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16.2.3 A Simple Two-Hot/Two-Cold Heat Recovery Problem |
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393 | (2) |
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16.3 Aspen Energy Analyzer for Analysis and Design of Heat Recovery Systems |
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395 | (10) |
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403 | (1) |
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403 | (2) |
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17 Simulation and Analysis of Steam Power Plants With Aspen Utility Planner |
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405 | (2) |
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17.2 Introduction of Aspen Utility Planner |
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407 | (2) |
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17.3 Example---Simulation of a Simple Steam Power Plant |
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409 | (26) |
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17.3.1 Configure Component Properties |
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410 | (1) |
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17.3.2 The Boiler Section |
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410 | (6) |
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17.3.3 The Section of High-Pressure Header, Single-Stage Condensing Turbine, and Single-Stage Condenser |
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416 | (3) |
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17.3.4 The Section of Low-Pressure Header, Steam Letdown, and Steam Desuperheater |
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419 | (4) |
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17.3.5 The Boiler Feed Water Processing Section With Boiler Feed Water Makeup |
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423 | (4) |
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17.3.6 A Single-Stage Back Pressure Turbine and an Electricity System Connected With an External Power Grid and an Electricity Demand |
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427 | (2) |
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17.3.7 Optimization of Steam Utility System Operations |
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429 | (4) |
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433 | (1) |
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