Viscoelastic model for particle fragmentation in olefin polymerization

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1495-1507

  Kittilsen, Pål ^a,c   Svendsen, Hallvard F ^a   McKenna, Timothy F ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UMR 5265   (France)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

PHYSICAL FORCES;

OLEFINS;

ALKENE DERIVATIVE;

OLEFIN; PARTICLE; POLYMERIZATION; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; VISCOELASTIC FLOW;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; FORCE; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0037841509     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690490613     Document Type: Article

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