Control of product quality for batch nylon 6,6 autoclaves

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3685-3702

  Russell, S A ^a   Robertson, D G ^b   Lee, J H ^a   Ogunnaike, B A ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoclave reactors; Batch control; Inferential control; Nylon polymerization; Quality control; Quality monitoring

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NYLON POLYMERS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; POLYMERIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

AUTOCLAVE REACTORS; BATCH CONTROL; BATCH NYLON AUTOCLAVES; INFERENTIAL CONTROL; PRODUCT QUALITY; QUALITY MONITORING;

AUTOCLAVES;

POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 0032215869     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00148-1     Document Type: Article

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