Optimal Temperature Control of a Steady-State Exothermic Plug-Flow Reactor

AIChE Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 279-286

  Smets, Ilse Y ^a   Dochain, Denis ^b   Van Impe, Jan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT LOSSES; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

EXOTHERMIC TUBULAR REACTORS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

COST; HEAT EXCHANGER; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; PLUG FLOW; REACTOR; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT LOSS; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0000068898     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690480212     Document Type: Article

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