Dynamic model development for residence time distribution control in high-impact polypropylene copolymer process

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 15-16, 1999, Pages 3263-3271

  Prasetya, A ^a   Liu, L ^a   Litster, J ^a   Watanabe, F ^b   Mitsutani, K ^b   Ko, G H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

High impact polypropylene copolymer; Numerical methods of lines; Particle age distribution; Population balance model; Process modeling; Residence time distribution

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPOLYMERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROCESS CONTROL; REACTION KINETICS;

HIGH IMPACT POLYPROPYLENE COPOLYMER; NUMERICAL METHODS OF LINES; PARTICLE AGE DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION BALANCE MODEL; PROCESS MODELING; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION CONTROL;

POLYPROPYLENES;

POLYMERIZATION; POLYPROPYLENE; PROCESS CONTROL; REACTOR;

EID: 0033167352     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00410-2     Document Type: Article

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