The ultimate aim of polymerization reaction engineering is the production of polymers with tailor-made properties. An introductory review into this field is presented, with emphasis on the effects on the molar mass ...

This work studies the optimization and control of a styrene polymerization reactor. The proposed strategy deals with the case where, because of market conditions and equipment deterioration, the optimal operating point of ...

This work studies the optimization and control of a styrene polymerization reactor. The proposed strategy deals with the case where, because of market conditions and equipment deterioration, the optimal operating point of ...

A gPROMS implementation of a comprehensive steady-state model of the high-pressure polymerization of ethylene in a tubular reactor is presented. Model outputs along the reactor length include the complete molecular weight ...