A Soft Sensor for viscosity control of polymer extrusion

2007 European Control Conference, ECC 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 5671-5678

  McAfee, Marion ^a   Thompson, Stephen ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE REJECTION; EXTRUSION; FORECASTING; POLYMERS; VISCOSITY;

EXTRUDER PRESSURES; MELT VISCOSITIES; MODEL BASED CONTROLS; OPERATING CONDITION; POLYMER EXTRUSION; PREDICTION MODEL; SPECIFIC MATERIALS; VISCOSITY CONTROL;

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EID: 84927722836     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.23919/ecc.2007.7068524     Document Type: Conference Paper

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