Particle Formation in Vinyl Chloride Emulsion Polymerization: Reaction Modeling

A mathematical model is developed to help quantify and improve our understanding of the formation of particles and the evolution of the particle size distribution (PSD) in the emulsion polymerization of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM). A special feature of the model is the computation of the coupled ra...

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Published in:Industrial & engineering chemistry research 2009-06, Vol.48 (11), p.5193-5210
Main Authors: Vale, Hugo M, McKenna, Timothy F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Chemical engineering
Chemical Sciences
Exact sciences and technology
Kinetics, Catalysis, and Reaction Engineering
Organic polymers
Physicochemistry of polymers
Polymerization
Polymers
Preparation, kinetics, thermodynamics, mechanism and catalysts
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Summary:A mathematical model is developed to help quantify and improve our understanding of the formation of particles and the evolution of the particle size distribution (PSD) in the emulsion polymerization of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM). A special feature of the model is the computation of the coupled radical number and particle size distributions by means of the zero−one−two population balance equations. This approach is shown to be necessary when modeling processes that involve particle nucleation. Preliminary results are presented to illustrate the ability of the model in interpreting experimental data.
ISSN:0888-5885
1520-5045
DOI:10.1021/ie801406n