On-line optimizing control of bulk polymerizations: 1. Development of a software sensor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2436-2445

  Mankar, Raju B ^a   Saraf, Deoki N ^a   Gupta, Santosh K ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b DR BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURVE FITTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; REACTION KINETICS; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

MARTIN EQUATION;

POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

EID: 0032098213     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie970795r     Document Type: Article

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