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4.32 Polymerization Kinetic Modeling and Macromolecular Reaction Engineering

Abstract

Macromolecular reaction engineering is concerned with polymer production. It provides the critical bridge between bench-scale chemistry and full-scale commercial production. It covers a wide range of subjects from kinetics, to reactor design, to process optimization and control, to safety and environmental impact. In polymer production, we must study three areas: mechanism (condensation, radical, ionic, Ziegler–Natta, etc.), process (bulk, solution, suspension, emulsion, slurry, gas-phase, etc.), and reactor system (stirred tank, tubular, fluidized-bed; batch, semibatch, continuous, etc.). This chapter intends to introduce some basic concepts and recent advances with an emphasis on equation-based quantitative analysis and discussion.

Authors

Zhu S; Hamielec A

Book title

Polymer Science: A Comprehensive Reference

Pagination

pp. 779-831

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

January 1, 2012

DOI

10.1016/b978-0-444-53349-4.00127-8

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