Observer design for particle size distribution in emulsion polymerization

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3167-3185

  Edouard, David ^a   Sheibat Othman, Nida ^a   Hammouri, Hassan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Emulsion polymerization; Estimation; Modeling; Monitoring; Observer; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTIONATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; NUCLEATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SENSORS;

MODELING; ON-LINE SENSORS;

EMULSION POLYMERIZATION;

POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 30544436707     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10559     Document Type: Conference Paper

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