Molecular weight distribution modeling in low-density polyethylene polymerization; impact of scission mechanisms in the case of CSTR

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 699-718

  Kim, Dong Min ^a   Busch, Markus ^b   Hoefsloot, Huub C J ^a   Iedema, Piet D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CIT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Low density polyethylene; Modeling; Molecular architecture design; Polymerization; Product design; Reaction engineering

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; POLYMERIZATION; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOPOLOGY;

SCISSION REACTIONS;

LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMERIZATION; REACTOR; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 0842344535     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2003.11.008     Document Type: Article

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