A Sensitivity Approach to Reachability Analysis for Particle Size Distribution in Semibatch Emulsion Polymerization

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 327-339

  Immanuel, Charles David ^a   Doyle III, Francis Joseph ^a,b  

^a University of Delaware   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION (PSD);

EMULSION POLYMERIZATION;

PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; POLYMERIZATION;

ARTICLE; EMULSION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 0345866711     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie030145p     Document Type: Article

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