Labarta, Juan A., Grossmann, Ignacio E.
Optimal synthesis of liquid-liquid multistage extractors
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/25416
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The purpose of this paper is to determine the optimal design of liquid-liquid countercurrent extractor systems. The proposed method calculates the optimum number of equilibrium stages and flowrates to obtain a specified product separation and recovery. Based on a superstructure representation, the problem is formulated as a Generalized Disjunctive Programming (GDP) model to minimize the total cost of the process subject to design specifications. The robustness and computational efficiency of the model is illustrated with an example.
Keywords:Extraction, Liquid, Optimal, Design, GDP, MINLP
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