Nonlinear Behaviour of a Low-Density Polyethylene Tubular Reactor-Separator-Recycle System
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The aim of this work is to analyse the nonlinear behaviour of a low-density polyethylene reactor-separator-recycle system. A simplified dynamic model is derived based on the detailed model presented in Häfele (2004). A numerical bifurcation and stability analysis is performed to predict the region of stable operation. As a result multiple steady states and oscillatory behaviour were found. The implications of these findings for practical process operation are discussed.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005