Modeling and optimization of a high-pressure ethylene polymerization reactor using gPROMS

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 396-408

  Asteasuain, Mariano ^a   Brandolin, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

FORTRAN; gPROMS; Mathematical models; Molecular weight distribution; Optimization; Polyethylene; Polymerization; Tubular reactor

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; OPTIMIZATION; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERIZATION;

AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION; GLOBAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; GPROMS; MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK; STEADY-STATE MODELING; TUBULAR REACTORS;

POLYDISPERSITY;

EID: 55349132346     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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