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An Experimental and Simulation Study of the Hydrodynamics of Linear Low Density Polyethylene

Schober, L., Hulme, I., Chandrasekaran, B., and Kantzas, A.

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3rd World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography, Banff, Alberta, September 2-5, 2003.

ABSTRACT

Over the past five years we have developed several non-invasive techniques to study the hydrodynamic characteristics of the gas-phase ethylene polymerization reactors. These techniques include x-ray digital fluoroscopy and pressure fluctuation measurements. In this study we have chosen a linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) to compare experimental results with results obtained from Fluent, a commercial CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) package.

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