An experimental study on on-line optimizing control of free radical bulk polymerization in a rheometer-reactor assembly under conditions of power failure

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2790-2802

  Sangwai, Jitendra S ^a   Bhat, Shrikant A ^a   Saraf, Deoki N ^a   Gupta, Santosh K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Bulk free radical polymerization; On line optimization; Polymerization; Soft sensor; Trommsdorff effect

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ONLINE SYSTEMS; POLYMERIZATION;

BULK-FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; ON-LINE OPTIMIZATION; SOFT SENSOR; TROMMSDORFF EFFECT;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATION THEORY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ONLINE SYSTEMS; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 34247134229     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.02.035     Document Type: Article

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