Gas cleaning is an essential step in many chemical processes. The reason for cleaning is to remove components that can damage equipment or inhibit further reactions. The treatment can include the removal of particulates, ...

This work is concerned with the effect of vessel geometry on the hydrodynamics of fluidisation of a bed of milled iron oxide. The effect of going from a cold model representative of a typical pilot plant reactor to one ...

A three-stage Pressurized Fluidized Bed Combustor (PFBC) of principal dimensions, O,4Sm internal diameter by4m high was designed and fabricated to burn South African coals, with particular reference to coals unsuitable ...

The aim of this investigation was to extend the knowledge of the bacterial leaching of copper and zinc sulphides into the area of nickel sulphide leaching. By far the major portion of both theoretical and practical expertise ...

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Artificial neural networks (ANN) can detect complex non-linear relationships between independent and dependent variables. Properly trained ANNs have repeatedly demonstrated superior predictive accuracy to other predictive ...

The desire for precise polymer property control, minimum wastage through grade transitions, and early instrument fault detection, has led to a significant effort in the modelling and control of ethylene polymerisation ...

Hybrid systems combine the continuous behavior evolution specified by differential equations with discontinuous changes specified by discrete event logic. Usually these systems in the processing industry can be identified ...

An artificial neural network is a mathematical black-box modelling tool. This tool can be used to model complex non-linear multivariable processes. In attempting to create an inverse process model of an industrial linear ...