Calculation of the particle size distribution in suspension polymerization using a compartment-mixing model

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 495-505

  Vivaldo Lima, Eduardo ^a   Wood, Philip E ^a   Hamielec, Archie E ^a   Penlidis, Alexander ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CROSSLINKING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYSTYRENES; ROTORS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VINYL RESINS;

SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATION;

POLYMERIZATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MIXING; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; POLYMER;

EID: 0032100423     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450760320     Document Type: Article

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