Modeling and simulation of ethylene polymerization in industrial slurry reactor series

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 850-859

  Meng, Weijuan ^a,b   Li, Jianwei ^a   Chen, Biaohua ^a   Li, Hongbo ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Bimodal polyethylene; Multiple tanks in series; Polymerization; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENES; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

BIMODAL POLYETHYLENE; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION; INDUSTRIAL SLURRY REACTORS; MULTIPLE TANKS IN SERIES; POLYDISPERSITY INDICES; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES;

POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84893055955     PISSN: 10049541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1004-9541(13)60553-4     Document Type: Article

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