Market-oriented scheduling and economic optimization of continuous multi-grade chemical processes

Journal of Process Control

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-302

  Tousain, R L ^a,b   Bosgra, O H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Continuous scheduling; Grade transitions; HDPE production; Process optimal operation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL;

CONTINUOUS SCHEDULING; GRADE TRANSITIONS; HDPE PRODUCTION; PROCESS OPTIMAL OPERATION;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 28244481129     PISSN: 09591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprocont.2005.06.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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