Population-based models of thermoplastic degradation: Using optimization to determine model parameters

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1013-1022

  Bruns, M C ^a   Koo, J H ^a   Ezekoye, O A ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Moment methods; Optimization; Population balance equations; Radical depolymerization; TGA

Indexed keywords

BEST FITS; DEGRADATION RATES; DYNAMICAL CALCULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; MODEL PARAMETERS; MOMENT METHODS; NON ISOTHERMALS; NON-OXIDATIVE; POLYMETHYLMETHACRYLATE; POPULATION BALANCE EQUATIONS; RADICAL DEPOLYMERIZATION; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING ALGORITHMS; TGA; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS;

DEGRADATION; ESTERS; OPTIMIZATION; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SEQUENTIAL SWITCHING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

EID: 67349141293     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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