Nonequilibrium Behavior in Ethylene/Polyethylene Flash Separators

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1768-1778

  Buchelli, Alberto ^a   Call, Michael L ^a   Brown, Allen L ^a   Bokis, Costas P ^b,c   Ramanathan, Sundaram ^b   Franjione, John ^b,d  

^a Lyondell/Equistar Chemicals LP   (United States)

^b ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^d Voridian Global PET Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; POLYETHYLENES; SEPARATORS; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

FLASH SEPARATORS; NONEQUILIBRIUM BEHAVIOR;

ETHYLENE;

ETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE;

EQUILIBRIUM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; POLYMER; SEPARATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PERTURBED CHAIN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATING FLUID THEORY; PRESSURE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SIMULATION; SOLUBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS; TUBULAR REACTOR;

EID: 1842615059     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0302037     Document Type: Article

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