Modeling of fluidized bed reactor of ethylene polymerization

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-35

  Alizadeh, Mahmood ^a   Mostoufi, Navid ^a   Pourmahdian, Saeed ^b   Sotudeh Gharebagh, Rahmat ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fluidized bed; Moment equations; Polyethylene polymerization; Reactor modeling; Ziegler Natta

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC THEORY; LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERIZATION;

MELT FLOW; MOMENT EQUATIONS;

ETHYLENE;

ETHYLENE; FLUIDIZED BED; MODELING; POLYMERIZATION; REACTOR;

EID: 0346723148     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-8947(03)00133-5     Document Type: Article

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