Investigation of hexane diffusion in HDPE particulates for drying applications

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3422-3430

  Qi, Jian Steven ^a   Krishnan, Chandrasekhar ^a   Incavo, Joseph A ^a   Jain, Vivek ^a   Rueter, William L ^a  

^a Occidental Chemical Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPOSITION; DRYING; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; HYDROCARBONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYMERIZATION; POWDERS; PURGING; REACTION KINETICS;

GAS PURGE VELOCITY; HEXANE; HEXANE LADEN CRUDE RESIN; INTRINSIC DIFFUSION;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 0030257511     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie960067o     Document Type: Article

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