Multiobjective optimization of an industrial wiped-film pet reactor

AIChE Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1046-1058

  Bhaskar, V ^a   Gupta, Santosh K ^a,b,c   Ray, Ajaj K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; FUNCTIONS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMERIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS;

PLASTIC FILMS;

POLYESTER;

AGITATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATALYST; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); POLYMERIZATION; PRESSURE; REACTOR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034128024     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690460516     Document Type: Article

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