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 ...

This work presents a comprehensive steady-state model of the high-pressure ethylene polymerization in a tubular reactor able to calculate the complete molecular weight distribution (MWD). For this purpose, the probability ...

A thorough model of the high pressure polymerization of ethylene in tubular reactors previously developed by the authors is used to analyze operating conditions for a specific industrial reactor. The objective is to maximize ...

We analyze experimentally the effect of several operating conditions on conversion and molecular weight distributions of PVC obtained in batch emulsion polymerization. The operating variables studied were reaction temperature, ...