ISSN:
0001-1541
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
The simultaneous solution of all the equations for a general system of interlinked, multistaged separators is considered. The interlinks may be simple streams or reciprocal streams, and a particular separator may have bypassing streams (for example, pumparounds). Algorithms are developed that automatically arrange the linearized equations so that for a Newton-Raphson type of solution procedure using, for example, the Naphtali-Sandholm technique, a minimum or nearly minimum number of nonzero blocks occur outside the tridiagonal band so that computational memory and time requirements are minimized. The nonzero and nonidentity blocks are stored in a single vector of variable dimension.
Additional Material:
16 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.690260409
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