Modeling fouling effects in LDPE tubular polymerization reactors. 2. Heat transfer, computational fluid dynamics, and phase equilibria

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1480-1492

  Buchelli, Alberto ^a   Call, Michael L ^a   Brown, Allen L ^a   Bird, Andrew ^b   Hearn, Steve ^b   Hannon, Joe ^b  

^a LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b Performance Fluid Dynamics Limited   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERIZATION;

COOLANT STREAM TEMPERATURE; FOULING EFFECTS; POLYMERIZATION REACTORS; REACTOR PRESSURE;

FOULING;

POLYETHYLENE;

FOULING;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE; TUBULAR REACTOR;

EID: 14344260052     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie040158i     Document Type: Article

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