Modeling and simulation of an industrial slurry-phase catalytic olefin polymerization reactor series

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3208-3222

  Touloupides, V ^a,b   Kanellopoulos, V ^b   Pladis, P ^b   Kiparissides, C ^a,b   Mignon, D ^c   Van Grambezen, P ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Catalytic olefin polymerization; Dynamic simulation; Mathematical modeling; Multiphase reactors; Polymerization; Slurry phase reactors

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC POLYMERIZATION; COMPLEX VISCOSITY; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; CSTR-IN-SERIES; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; DYNAMIC EVOLUTION; DYNAMIC OPERATIONS; EQUATION OF STATE; GRADE TRANSITION; HEAT REMOVAL; INFLOW RATE; KINETIC SCHEME; LOOP REACTORS; MACROSCOPIC MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MODELING AND SIMULATION; MODELING APPROACH; MOLECULAR PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR SPECIES; MULTI-PHASE REACTOR; MULTI-SITE; OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING POLICIES; REACTION TEMPERATURE; S-L EOS; SANCHEZ-LACOMBE; SEMI-CONTINUOUS; SLURRY PHASE REACTORS; SPECIES CONCENTRATION; START-UPS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS; WEIGHT-AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ZIEGLER-NATTA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF LIQUIDS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; OLEFINS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; REACTION RATES; REACTOR OPERATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 77950689193     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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