A general criterion to define runaway limits in chemical reactors

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-200

  Zaldivar J M ^a   Cano, J ^b   Alos M A ^b   Sempere, J ^b   Nomen, R ^b   Lister, D ^c   Maschio, G ^c   Obertopp, T ^d   Gilles, E D ^d   Bosch, J ^e   Strozzi, F ^e  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^e CREMS Centre for Research on Health Economics Social and Health Care Management Carlo Cattaneo University LIUC   (Italy)

Author keywords

Batch; Nonlinear dynamics; Reaction engineering; Runaway; Safety

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ISOTHERMS; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

SEMIBATCH REACTORS (SBR);

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTOR; CONTROL SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WARNING SYSTEM;

EID: 20244369692     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-4230(03)00003-2     Document Type: Article

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