Residence-time distribution model for twin-screw extruders

AIChE Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2541-2549

  Gao, Jun ^a   Walsh, Gregory C ^a   Bigio, David ^a   Briber, Robert M ^b   Wetzel, Mark D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXTRUSION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYETHYLENES;

TWIN-SCREW EXTRUDERS;

PLASTICS EXTRUDERS;

POLYETHYLENE; TRACER;

CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DATA ANALYSIS; MODEL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

EID: 0033377871     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690451210     Document Type: Review

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