Modeling polyethylene fractionation using the perturbed-chain statistical associating fluid theory equation of state

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 968-988

  Cheluget, Eric L ^a   Bokis, Costas P ^b,c   Wardhaugh, Leigh ^a   Chen, Chau Chyun ^b   Fisher, John ^a  

^a NOVA CHEMICALS CORPORATION   (Canada)

^b ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^c Exxon Mobil Research and Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; POLYETHYLENES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

POLYMER FRACTIONATION;

FRACTIONATION;

CYCLOHEXANE; POLYETHYLENE;

EQUATION OF STATE; FRACTIONATION; POLYETHYLENE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FRACTIONATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRESSURE; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VAPOR;

EID: 0037028909     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie010287o     Document Type: Article

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