Dynamic modeling of polyethylene grade transitions in fluidized bed reactors employing nickel-diimine catalysts

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 993-1008

  Lo, Dennis P ^b   Harmon Ray, W ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHING DENSITY; DIIMINE; GRADE TRANSITIONS; MONOMER CONCENTRATION;

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NICKEL; POLYMERIZATION;

POLYETHYLENES;

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NICKEL; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 32644434435     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0580598     Document Type: Article

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