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Design and Implementation of a Novel Quench Flow Reactor for the Study of Nascent Olefin Polymerisation
Author(s) -
Di Martino Audrey,
Broyer JeanPierre,
Schweich Daniel,
de Bellefon Claude,
Weickert Guenter,
McKenna Timothy F. L.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
macromolecular reaction engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.37
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1862-8338
pISSN - 1862-832X
DOI - 10.1002/mren.200600038
Subject(s) - residence time (fluid dynamics) , reactor design , polymerization , flow (mathematics) , work (physics) , chemical reaction engineering , olefin polymerization , work flow , chemical engineering , process engineering , olefin fiber , materials science , particle (ecology) , chemical reactor , computer science , continuous flow , chemistry , nuclear engineering , mechanics , biochemical engineering , mechanical engineering , organic chemistry , engineering , polymer , physics , catalysis , manufacturing engineering , oceanography , geotechnical engineering , geology
A novel stopped flow reactor system is described in the current work, along with the underlying design philosophy. While the concept of stopped flow technology is not recent, this system is the first to be designed with the objective of studying particle morphology, and to work at extremely short (40 ms) residence times. It is shown that traditional chemical engineering principles are required to properly design and operate this type of reactor, and that when correctly design, it is a very flexible tool for the study of nascent polymerisation of olefins.