Challenges in particulate polymerization reactor modeling and optimization: A population balance perspective

Journal of Process Control

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-224

  Kiparissides, Costas ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computational methods; Control; Distributions; Monitoring; Optimization; Particulate processing; Polymerization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONTROL; MONITORING; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SENSORS;

DISTRIBUTIONS; ORTHOGONAL COLLOCATION ON FINITE ELEMENTS (OCFE); PARTICULATE PROCESSING; POLYMERIZATION REACTOR;

ELECTRIC REACTORS;

EID: 28244466399     PISSN: 09591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprocont.2005.06.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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