Optimal temperature control of a propane thermal cracking reactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 41, Issue 25, 2002, Pages 6572-6578

  Shahrokhi, Mohammad ^a   Nejati, Ali ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); FURNACES; PROPANE;

MISMATCH;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

PROPANE;

CHEMICAL REACTOR; OPTIMIZATION; PROPANE; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMAL CRACKING;

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROPANE THERMAL CRACKING REACTOR; REACTOR; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0037065197     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0106783     Document Type: Article

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