Search Results - "Prata, Diego M."

Improvement of the monochlorobenzene separation process through heat integration: A sustainability-based assessment by Paiva Ana Paula R., Santos Rafael O., Maia Mônica P., Prata Diego M.

“…Chlorobenzene is an important chemical intermediate in the production of commodities, such as herbicides, dyestuffs, and rubber. In this work, a heat…”
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A systematic methodology for comparing the sustainability of process systems based on weighted performance indicators by Mangili, Patrick V., Santos, Lizandro S., Prata, Diego M.

“…•Development of a novel method for process sustainability assessment.•Demonstration of practical guidelines to calculate several performance indicators.•Design…”
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Improvement of the butyl acetate process through heat integration: A sustainability-based assessment by Mangili, Patrick V., Prata, Diego M.

“…[Display omitted] •Simulation of a conventional and a reactive distillation butyl acetate processes.•Analysis and simulation of different heat-integrated…”
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Economic and environmental analysis of the cumene production process using computational simulation by Junqueira, Pedro G., Mangili, Patrick V., Santos, Rafael O., Santos, Lizandro S., Prata, Diego M.

“…•Simulation of six different cumene production processes including their utility plants for more realistic results.•Development of seven different categories…”
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Optimal wavelet signal compression as an efficient alternative to investigate molecular dynamics simulations: application to thermal and solvent effects of MRI probes by Gonçalves, Mateus A., Santos, Lizandro S., Prata, Diego M., Peixoto, Fernando C., da Cunha, Elaine F. F., Ramalho, Teodorico C.

“…Currently, cancer is one of the most serious problems facing humanity, and one of the most widely used and versatile diagnostic techniques is magnetic…”
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Multi-objective optimization of water consumption for a methanol synthesis process by Santos, Rafael O., Barros, Nicole P., Secchi, Argimiro R., Prata, Diego M.

“…Methanol is an important product in chemical industries, having many applications: solvent, fuel and mainly being a feedstock for a large number of industrial…”
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Eco-efficiency and techno-economic analysis for maleic anhydride manufacturing processes by Mangili, Patrick V., Junqueira, Pedro G., Santos, Lizandro S., Prata, Diego M.

“…Maleic anhydride may be obtained from different technological routes, being the selective oxidation of benzene and oxidation of butane the only ones that are…”
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Eco-efficiency evaluation of acetone-methanol separation processes using computational simulation by Mangili, Patrick V., Souza, Yuri P.D.M., de Menezes, Diego Q.F., Santos, Lizandro S., Prata, Diego M.

“…[Display omitted] •Simulation of three different acetone-methanol separation processes.•Simulation of utility plants: cooling water and steam generation for…”
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Application of Scilab/Xcos for process control applied to chemical engineering educational projects by Vieira, Eros B., Busch, Wesley F., Prata, Diego M., Santos, Lizandro S.

“…The study of process control applied to chemical engineering problems can be significantly improved by the use of simulation packages. However, it has been…”
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Preliminary design of sustainable industrial process alternatives based on eco-efficiency approaches: The maleic anhydride case study by Mangili, Patrick V., Prata, Diego M.

“…[Display omitted] •Preliminary design of MAN manufacturing processes based on sustainability metrics.•Design and simulation of utility plants through heuristic…”
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Environ-economic analysis of conceptual intensification alternatives applied to the ethylbenzene production by Junqueira, Pedro G., Caxiano, Igor N., Mangili, Patrick V., Prata, Diego M.

“…•Intensification approaches in ethylbenzene production process arrangements.•Economic evaluation of the processes at issue.•Environmental analysis in terms of…”
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