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Kinetic modeling of commercial scale mass polymerization of vinyl chloride
Author(s) -
Chung S. T.,
Jung S. H.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of vinyl and additive technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.295
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1548-0585
pISSN - 1083-5601
DOI - 10.1002/vnl.10144
Subject(s) - monomer , polymerization , polyvinyl chloride , polymer , materials science , kinetic energy , vinyl chloride , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , thermodynamics , composite material , copolymer , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
The kinetic model for the mass polymerization has been developed for a commercial scale mass polymerizer, which shows an anomalous polymerization rate behavior. Non‐equilibrium of the refluxed monomer between monomer and polymer phase was proposed to account for this anomaly. Monomer conversion and polymer average molecular weights can be predicted with this mathematical model. The developed model has been successful in simulating a commercial mass polymerizer of 60 m 3 size for the optimization of production recipe with respect to the productivity and quality of polyvinyl chloride (PVC).