Dynamic Simulation of Industrial Poly(vinyl chloride) Batch Suspension Polymerization Reactors

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1253-1267

  Kiparissides, C ^a   Daskalakis, G ^a   Achilias, D S ^a   Sidiropoulou, E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

DYNAMIC SIMULATION;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0031121641     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9604839     Document Type: Article

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