Dynamic optimization of HIPS open-loop unstable polymerization reactors

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2659-2674

  Flores Tlacuahuac, Antonio ^a,c   Biegler, Lorenz T ^a   Saldívar Guerra, Enrique ^b,d  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO TECNOLÓGICO EN ELECTROQUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA   (Mexico)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN QUÍMICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION; HIGH-IMPACT POLYSTYRENE (HIPS); OPEN-LOOP UNSTABLE POLYMERIZATION REACTOR; SIMULTANEOUS DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION (SDO);

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; POLYSTYRENES;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 18144425775     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049534p     Document Type: Article

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