Methane conversion to ethylene and acetylene: Optimal control with chlorine, oxygen, and heat flux

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 683-696

  Rojnuckarin, Atipat ^a   Floudas, Christodoulos A ^a   Rabitz, Herschel ^b   Yetter, Richard A ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHLORINE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; METHANE; PYROLYSIS;

ACETYLENE; ALGORITHMS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHLORINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHYLENE; HEAT FLUX; METHANE; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OXYGEN; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

METHANE CONVERSION; PLUG FLOW REACTOR;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0030088198     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie940542n     Document Type: Article

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