Monitoring slurry-loop reactors for early detection of hydrodynamic instabilities

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 959-968

  Stienstra, Gerard J ^a   Nijenhuis, John ^b   Kroezen, Ton ^c   Van Den Bleek, Cor M ^b   Van Ommen, J Ruud ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c SABIC Europe   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attractor; Chaos analysis; Early warning; Flow patterns; Loop reactor; Slurry; Solid liquid

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOW MEASUREMENT; POLYETHYLENES; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; STABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FLOW REGIMES; POLYETHYLENE REACTORS; QUANTIFIERS;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

FLOW PATTERN; MONITORING SYSTEM; SLURRY; WARNING SYSTEM;

EID: 18844368254     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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