Dynamic behavior and control in an industrial fluidized-bed polymerization reactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 6058-6069

  Salau, Nina P G ^a   Neumann, Gustavo Alberto ^b   Trierweiler, Jorge O ^a   Secchi, Argimiro R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Braskem SA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COOLING WATER; MONOMERS; NEURAL NETWORKS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; PROPORTIONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; POLYMERIZATION REACTORS; REACTOR TEMPERATURES;

FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS;

EID: 50849098817     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0712838     Document Type: Article

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