A practical, systematic approach for the scaling-up and modeling of industrial copolymerization reactors

Polymer Reaction Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 457-506

  Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos ^a,b   Saldívar, Enrique ^a   Hernández, Martín ^a,c   Jiménez, Arturo ^b  

^a CID   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^c Resirene SA de CV   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Copolymerization; Gel effect; Industrial polymerization reactors; Mathematical modeling copolymerization processes

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPOLYMERIZATION; DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

GEL EFFECT; INDUSTRIAL COPOLYMERIZATION REACTORS; MAYO-LEWIS COPOLYMERIZATION EQUATION; SCALING UP;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0141606900     PISSN: 10543414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/PRE-120024422     Document Type: Article

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