Modeling and analysis of a plant for the production of low density polyethylene

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 51-65

  Hafele M ^a   Kienle, A ^b   Boll, M ^c   Schmidt, C U ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

^d Basell Polyolefine GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive method of lines; Discretization; Dynamic model; Low density polyethylene; Method of moments; Polymerization; Simulation; Tubular reactor

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; POLYMERIZATION;

ADAPTIVE METHOD OF LINES; DISCRETIZATION; DYNAMIC MODEL; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; TUBULAR REACTORS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

ALGEBRA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; POLYMERIZATION; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 33751088554     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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