Living polymerisation reactors. Part III. Towards molecular weight distribution control in a CSTR through periodic feed perturbations

Polymer Reaction Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 205-232

  Gosden, R G ^a   Meszena, Z G ^b   Mohsin, M A ^a   Johnson, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLOW CONTROL; INITIATORS (CHEMICAL); MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MONOMERS; REACTION KINETICS;

CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTORS (CSTR); LIVING POLYMERIZATION REACTORS;

ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 0031275815     PISSN: 10543414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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