Simulation and analysis of an ethylene slurry polymerization system using supercritical propane

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 682-690

  Zhao, Xiaojun ^a   Guo, Xiaojun ^b   Cheng, Peng ^a   Niu, Lu ^b   Yang, Jingyi ^a   Xu, Xinru ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SINOPEC   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST SITE; CHAIN LENGTH DISTRIBUTION; ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES; KINETIC CONSTANT; MOLAR RATIO; NUMBER-AVERAGE; POLYDISPERSITY INDICES; PRODUCTION RATES; RESIDENCE TIME; SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS; SITE TYPES; SLURRY POLYMERIZATION; SUPERCRITICAL PROPANE; ZIEGLER-NATTA CATALYSTS;

CATALYSTS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; PROPANE; RATE CONSTANTS;

ETHYLENE;

EID: 84860158419     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie2008967     Document Type: Conference Paper

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