Equation-oriented optimization on an industrial high-density polyethylene slurry process with target molecular weight distribution

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 7240-7251

  Zhang, Chen ^a   Zhan, Zhiliang ^a   Shao, Zhijiang ^a   Zhao, Yuhong ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Gu, Xueping ^b   Yao, Zhen ^b   Feng, Lianfang ^b   Biegler, Lorenz T ^c  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF INDUSTRIAL CONTROL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC MECHANISM; MARKET REQUIREMENTS; MODEL VALIDATION; OPERATING CONDITION; PROCESS CONFIGURATION; QUALITY DEMANDS; SIMULTANEOUS APPROACHES; SYSTEMATIC METHOD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; INDUSTRY; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; THERMODYNAMICS; WELL DRILLING;

MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84878589497     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie302488v     Document Type: Article

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