Bounds on Operating Conditions Leading to Melting during Olefin Polymerization

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 270-282

  Song, Hao ^a   Luss, Dan ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; OLEFINS; POLYMERIZATION;

GAS-PHASE REACTIONS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

ALKENE;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MELTING; OLEFIN; POLYMERIZATION;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MELTING POINT; POLYMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0347128037     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie020981j     Document Type: Article

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