Dynamic simulation and control of auto-refrigerated CSTR and tubular reactor for bulk styrene polymerization

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1540-1552

  Gharaghani, Mohsen ^a   Abedini, Hossein ^a   Parvazinia, Mahmoud ^a  

^a IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Auto refrigerated reactor; Control process; Dynamic simulation; Optimization; Polystyrene; Tubular reactor

Indexed keywords

AUTO-REFRIGERATED REACTOR; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; CONTROL PROCESS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CONTROLLED VARIABLES; JACKET TEMPERATURES; MODEL MISMATCH; OPTIMIZATION OF REACTORS; POLYMER GRADE; POLYMER PROPERTIES; REACTOR TEMPERATURES; SETPOINTS; STYRENE POLYMERIZATION; TUBULAR REACTORS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; POLYSTYRENES; STYRENE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84866554286     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2012.01.019     Document Type: Article

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