Optimal control trajectories for a batch polymerisation reactor

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ekpo, Emmanuel E ^a   Mujtaba, Iqbal M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Batch polymerisation; Dynamic optimisation; Optimal reactor temperature; Optimum batch reactor operation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONOMERS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

BATCH POLYMERISATION; DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMAL REACTOR TEMPERATURES; OPTIMUM BATCH REACTOR OPERATION;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 33846966706     PISSN: 21945748     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.1333     Document Type: Article

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