Safety aspects in modelling and operating of batch and semibatch stirred tank chemical reactors

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 304-319

  Milewska, Aleksandra ^a   Molga, Eugeniusz ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF POWER ENGINEERING   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

CFD modelling; Reactor modelling; Reactor safety; Thermal runaway

Indexed keywords

CFD MODELLING; CFD MODELS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; FAST REACTION; INDUSTRIAL SCALE REACTORS; LABORATORY SCALE; MIXED REACTORS; MODEL-BASED; PILOT-PLANT SCALE REACTORS; REACTING MIXTURE; REACTOR MODELLING; REACTOR MODELS; REACTOR SAFETY; SAFETY ANALYSIS; SAFETY ASPECTS; SAFETY TESTS; SEMIBATCH STIRRED TANKS; STIRRED TANK REACTORS; THERMAL RUNAWAYS;

PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PILOT PLANTS; SAFETY TESTING; SECURITY SYSTEMS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

BATCH REACTORS;

EID: 77949571280     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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