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Effect of reactor residence time distribution on the size distribution of polymer particles made with heterogeneous Ziegler‐Natta and supported metallocene catalysts. A generic mathematical model
Author(s) -
Soares João B. P.,
Hamielec Archie E.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
macromolecular theory and simulations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.37
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1521-3919
pISSN - 1022-1344
DOI - 10.1002/mats.1995.040040606
Subject(s) - natta , residence time distribution , metallocene , polymer , residence time (fluid dynamics) , materials science , distribution (mathematics) , polymer chemistry , ziegler–natta catalyst , polymer science , chemical engineering , polymerization , chemistry , mathematics , mineralogy , composite material , geology , mathematical analysis , engineering , inclusion (mineral) , geotechnical engineering
A generic mathematical model for analyzing the effect of ideal and non‐ideal reactor residence time distributions on the size distribution of polymer particles produced with heterogeneous Ziegler‐Natta and supported metallocene catalysts was developed. It was shown that the residence time distribution in polymerization reactors can have a significant effect on the size distribution of polymer particles and this can lead to imperfect replication of the catalyst particle size distribution.