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Multiple steady‐state solutions in an isothermal perfectly mixed flow reactor
Author(s) -
Ahmad Abu,
Treybig Mike N.,
Anthony Rayford G.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1977.070210802
Subject(s) - isothermal process , autocatalysis , steady state (chemistry) , yield (engineering) , monomer , thermodynamics , flow (mathematics) , polymer , materials science , isothermal flow , chemistry , chemical engineering , mechanics , polymer chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , composite material , catalysis , engineering , open channel flow
The effect of multiple steady solutions in isothermal perfectly mixed flow reactors is illustrated for polymerizations which have autocatalytic rates of initiation and no termination reactions. For feed conditions where more than one steady condition can exist, longer holding times may not necessarily yield higher molecular weight polymer or higher monomer conversions.