Hierarchical control scheme for time-optimal operation of semibatch emulsion polymerizations

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 7410-7427

  Gesthuisen, Ralf ^a   Krämer, Stefan ^a   Engell, Sebastian ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; REACTION KINETICS;

HIERARCHICAL CONTROL SCHEME; IDEAL CONTINUOUSLY STIRRED TANK REACTOR (CSTR); PLUG-FLOW REACTOR (PFR); REACTION RATES;

EMULSION POLYMERIZATION;

MONOMER; POLYMER;

POLYMERIZATION;

BATCH REACTOR; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROL SYSTEM; EMULSION; HEAT TRANSFER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; POLYMERIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REACTION TIME; SIMULATION; STIRRED REACTOR; THERMODYNAMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 8344267907     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0343263     Document Type: Conference Paper

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