Nonlinear Control for Maximum Production Rate of Latexes of Well-Defined Polymer Composition

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4243-4254

  De Buruaga, Isabel Sáenz ^a   Armitage, Philip D ^a   Leiza, José R ^a   Asua, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COPOLYMERS; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS;

POLYMER COMPOSITION; PRODUCTION RATE;

LATEXES;

EID: 0031258085     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie970310z     Document Type: Article

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