A new phase-equilibrium model for simulating industrial nylon-6 production trains

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 3900-3913

  Seavey, Kevin C ^a   Khare, Neeraj P ^a   Liu, Y A ^a   Williams, Thomas N ^b   Chen, Chau Chyun ^c  

^a State University   (United States)

^b HONEYWELL   (United States)

^c ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; MOLTEN MATERIALS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PRODUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

TERNARY MIXTURES;

NYLON POLYMERS;

CAPROLACTAM; NYLON; WATER;

EQUILIBRIUM;

ARTICLE; ERROR; GAS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE; SIMULATION; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0041470350     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie030112+     Document Type: Article

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