Development of a multi-scale, multi-phase, multi-zone dynamic model for the prediction of particle segregation in catalytic olefin polymerization FBRs

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 4735-4753

  Dompazis, G ^a   Kanellopoulos, V ^a   Touloupides, V ^a   Kiparissides, C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Dynamic simulation; Fluidization; Kinetics; Mathematical modeling; Multi phase reactors; Particulate processes; Polymerization; Polymers; Population balance; Reaction engineering

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COPOLYMERIZATION; ETHYLENE; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDIZATION; FORECASTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MONOMERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OLEFINS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; POPULATION STATISTICS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PROPYLENE; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

AGGLOMERATION; CATALYST FEED RATES; CATALYTIC POLYMERIZATION; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; DYNAMIC EVOLUTION; DYNAMIC SIMULATION; ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE COPOLYMERIZATION; FLUIDIZATION GAS; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; GAS-PHASE; INTEGRATED MODELLING; KINETIC SCHEMES; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MOLECULAR PROPERTIES; MULTI SCALING; MULTI-PHASE REACTORS; MULTI-SITE; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; OLEFIN POLYMERIZATIONS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PARTICLE POPULATION; PARTICLE SEGREGATION; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PARTICULATE PROCESSES; POLYMER PROPERTIES; POLYMERIC FLOW; POPULATION BALANCE; REACTION ENGINEERING; SPATIAL EVOLUTION; WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS; ZIEGLER-NATTA;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 52149089901     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.08.069     Document Type: Article

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