Property evaluation and control in a semibatch MMA/MA solution copolymerization reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3-6, 2003, Pages 603-611

  Park, Myung June ^a   Rhee, Hyun Ku ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Copolymerization; EKF based nonlinear MPC; Extended Kalman filter; Methyl methacrylate methyl acrylate; Property control; Semibatch reactor

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COPOLYMERS; KALMAN FILTERING; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL (MPC);

COPOLYMERIZATION;

BATCH PROCESS; COPOLYMER; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 0037293833     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00585-7     Document Type: Article

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