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Scale‐up of adsorptive styrene drying
Author(s) -
Rivero María J,
Gorri Daniel,
Ibáñez Raquel,
Ortiz Inmaculada
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.944
Subject(s) - sorbent , styrene butadiene , styrene , natural rubber , pilot plant , process engineering , work (physics) , adsorption , scale up , process (computing) , experimental data , materials science , scale (ratio) , chemical engineering , biological system , mechanical engineering , computer science , chemistry , mathematics , composite material , engineering , organic chemistry , copolymer , polymer , physics , biology , operating system , quantum mechanics , statistics , classical mechanics
This work is focused on the analysis of the scale‐up process of styrene drying by adsorption onto activated alumina as a necessary step in the manufacture of styrene–butadiene rubber. In a previous work, the mathematical model was developed and the design parameters were estimated from the fitting of the model to experimental results obtained in a laboratory set‐up. The obtained model and parameters have been used to simulate the behaviour of a pilot plant that contains up to 56 times more sorbent stating their validity after comparison with experimental results. Finally, the behaviour of an industrial plant presently at work, was also satisfactorily described. The ability of the model to simulate experimental results obtained on three different scales checks its adequacy for process design and optimization. © 2002 Society of Chemical Industry