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Degrees of freedom analysis for a distillation column

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Precise determination of the number of degrees of freedom is of great significance in the design, operation, renovation, and optimization of chemical plants. Two fundamental works devoted to the determination of the number of degrees of freedom for chemical technology processes are considered, and the basic distinctions between the two approaches are discussed. It is explained why the numbers of degrees of freedom determined for the similar chemical engineering objects considered in those works are different.

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  1. Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology, pr. Vernadskogo 86, Moscow, 119571, Russia

    A. G. Loshchev & Yu. A. Pisarenko

  2. Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Manizales, Manizales, Colombia

    C. A. Cardona

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Original Russian Text © A.G. Loshchev, C.A. Cardona, Yu.A. Pisarenko, 2010, published in Teoreticheskie Osnovy Khimicheskoi Tekhnologii, 2010, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 543–555.

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Loshchev, A.G., Cardona, C.A. & Pisarenko, Y.A. Degrees of freedom analysis for a distillation column. Theor Found Chem Eng 44, 686–697 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040579510050088

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