Steady-State and Dynamic Modeling of Gas-Phase Polypropylene Processes Using Stirred-Bed Reactors

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 884-900

  Khare, Neeraj P ^a   Lucas, Bruce ^a   Seavey, Kevin C ^a   Liu, Y A ^a   Sirohi, Ashuraj ^b   Ramanathan, Sundaram ^b   Lingard, Simon ^b   Song, Yuhua ^b   Chen, Chau Chyun ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMICS;

POLYDISPERSITY INDEX; STIRRED-BED REACTORS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

POLYPROPYLENE;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; REACTOR; STIRRED TANK;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; STEADY STATE; STIRRED REACTOR; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 1042301449     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie030714t     Document Type: Article

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