A population balance model describing the dynamics of molecular weight distributions and the structure of PHA copolymer chains

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 57, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 4643-4663

  Mantzaris, Nikos V ^a   Kelley, Aaron S ^b   Daoutidis, Prodromos ^c   Srienc, Friedrich ^c,d  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Block copolymers; Molecular weight distribution; Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs); Polymerization; Population balance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; POLYESTERS; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION KINETICS;

COPOLYMER CHAINS;

COPOLYMERS;

COPOLYMER; POLYESTER; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID;

POLYESTER;

BACTERIAL CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON SOURCE; EXPERIMENTATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POPULATION MODEL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RALSTONIA; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0037021365     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00370-6     Document Type: Article

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