A case study for reactor network synthesis: The vinyl chloride process

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 479-495

  Lakshmanan, A ^a   Rooney, W C ^a   Biegler, L T ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHYLENE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MONOMERS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OXYGEN; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS;

ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE; MIXED INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING (MINLP); VINYL CHLORIDE;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

VINYL CHLORIDE;

NETWORK; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; PROCESS CONTROL; REACTOR;

ALGORITHM; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CONFERENCE PAPER; PROCESS CONTROL; REACTOR; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033134719     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-1354(98)00287-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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