Control of Polymer Molecular Weight Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 654-664

  Othman, Nida Sheibat ^a   Févotte, Gilles ^a   Peycelon, Dominique ^b   Egraz, Jean Bernard ^b   Suau, Jean Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Coatex ZI Lyon Nord ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Control; Molecular weight; Near infrared; Online estimation; Polymer properties; Polymerization; Process control

Indexed keywords

ACRYLICS; CALIBRATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; POLYMERIZATION;

FLOW RATE; POLYMERIZATION REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

ACRYLIC ACID; MONOMER; POLYMER;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PILOT SCALE REACTOR; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERIZATION REACTOR; REACTOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1642354307     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10059     Document Type: Article

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