Optimization for the minimum reaction time of pet esterification

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 369-378

  Song, Hyun Seob ^a   Park, Young Do ^b   Hyun, Jae Chun ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung General Chemicals Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coordinate Transformation; Minimum Reaction Time; Optimal Temperature Profile; PET Esterification; Pontryagin's Principle

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142599063     PISSN: 02561115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02705964     Document Type: Article

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