Reachability of Particle Size Distribution in Emulsion Batch Polymerization Under Mid-course Correction Policies

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 2491-2496

  Wang, Yang ^a   Immanuel, Charles D ^a   Doyle III, Francis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMULSIONS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYMERIZATION;

EMULSION BATCH POLYMERIZATION;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0142153084     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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