Optimal control of product quality for batch nylon-6,6 autoclaves

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 87-101

  Joly, Marcel ^a   Pinto, José M ^a,b  

^a Department of Chemical Engineering ^*  (Brazil)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear programming; Nylon 6,6; Optimal control; Optimization

Indexed keywords

AUTOCLAVES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; POLYCONDENSATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

PRODUCT QUALITY; VALUE-ADDED GOODS;

NYLON POLYMERS;

BATCH PROCESS; CONTROL SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; NYLON; ON-LINE TECHNIQUE; PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0442280866     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-8947(03)00132-3     Document Type: Article

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