Heat-transfer phenomena in gas-phase olefin polymerization using computational fluid dynamics

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 7251-7260

  Eriksson, Erik J G ^a   McKenna, Timothy F ^a  

^a UMR 5265   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORRELATION METHODS; OLEFINS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYMERIZATION; REACTION KINETICS;

GAS FLOW; GAS-PHASE OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION; REACTION RATE;

HEAT TRANSFER;

ALKENE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; OLEFIN; POLYMERIZATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CALCULATION; CATALYST; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GAS; GAS FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY;

EID: 8344233483     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie034328n     Document Type: Conference Paper

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