An industrial design/control study for the vinyl acetate monomer process

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 867-877

  Luyben, Michael L ^a   Tyréus, Björn D ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial design control study; Vinyl acetate monomer process

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOMERS; OPTIMIZATION; REACTION KINETICS; VAPORS;

ABSORBERS; PACKED TUBULAR REACTOR; PROCESS DESIGN; VAPOR PHASE REACTIONS; VAPORIZERS; VINYL ACETATE;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0031632263     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0098-1354(98)00030-1     Document Type: Article

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