Simulation and optimization of the continuous tower process for styrene polymerization

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 775-788

  Bhat, Shrikant A ^a   Sharma, Rahul ^a   Gupta, Santosh K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm (GA); Modeling; Polystyrene; Reactive processing; Tower process

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPOLYMERIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLIGOMERS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CONTINUOUS FLOW STIRRED TANK REACTORS (CSTR); MONOMER CONVERSION; SEMIBATCH COPOLYMERIZATION REACTORS; THERMAL POLYMERIZATION;

POLYSTYRENES;

POLYMER;

EID: 4544226632     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.20941     Document Type: Article

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