Simulation of emulsion copolymerization reactions in a continuous pulsed sieve-plate column reactor



Document title: Simulation of emulsion copolymerization reactions in a continuous pulsed sieve-plate column reactor
Journal: Brazilian journal of chemical engineering
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000308927
ISSN: 0104-6632
Authors: 1
Institutions: 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Escola Politecnica, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Year:
Season: Sep
Volumen: 21
Number: 3
Pages: 459-470
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental, aplicado
English abstract This work addressed the viability of using a pulsed sieve-plate column reactor to carry out continuous vinyl acetate/butyl acrylate emulsion copolymerization reactions. A rigorous mathematical model of emulsion copolymerization reactions in a tubular reactor with axial dispersion was used for this purpose. Operational conditions were defined to attain high monomer conversions at the reactor outlet in a relatively short residence time and, at the same time, produce a copolymer with a more homogeneous composition
Disciplines: Química
Keyword: Química de polímeros,
Ingeniería química,
Columna pulsada de platos perforados,
Copolimerización por emulsión,
Modelado
Keyword: Chemistry,
Polymer chemistry,
Chemical engineering,
Continuous pulsed sieve-plate column,
Emulsion copolymerization,
Modeling
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