Measurement based modeling and control of bimodal particle size distribution in batch emulsion polymerization

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2122-2136

  Alamir, Mazen ^a   Sheibat Othman, Nida ^b   Othman, Sami ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Nonlinear control; Particle size distribution; Polymerization in emulsion; Predictive control; Reduced model

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BATCH EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; BIMODAL PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LEARNING SCHEMES; MEASUREMENT BASED MODEL; NON LINEAR CONTROL; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL; REDUCED MODEL;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 77958520375     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12148     Document Type: Article

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