Continuous production of solid polystyrene in back-mixed and linear-flow reactors

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 441-464

  Chen, Chi Chin ^a  

^a UOP LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MONOMERS; POLYMERIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; VAPORIZATION; WATER;

BACK MIXED AND LINEAR FLOW REACTORS; DEVOLATILIZATION; NEWTON-RAPHSON ITERATION TECHNIQUE; NONLINEAR ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POLYMER MOMENT EQUATIONS;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 0034140479     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.11177     Document Type: Article

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