Simulation and optimization of an industrial nylon 6 reactor: a review

Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-239

  Aatmeeyata, ^a,b   Gupta, Santosh K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERIZATION;

ADAPTED NONDOMINATED SORTING GENETIC ALGORITHM; INDUSTRIAL NYLON 6 REACTOR; PARETO SET; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING METHOD;

NYLON POLYMERS;

HEAT TRANSFER; MODELING; NYLON; OPTIMIZATION; REACTOR;

EID: 0032073666     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559808006921     Document Type: Article

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