ISSN:
1934-2659
Source:
Berkeley Electronic Press Academic Journals
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
The multizone circulating reactor (MZCR) technology is a newly announced reactor design for solid-catalyzed gas-phase polymerization. The process is characterized by two hydrodynamically distinct but interconnecting polymerization zones, thus forming a continuous loop of polymer flow between the said zones. In the present study, a dynamic model for the MZCR reactor is developed to illustrate the basic dynamic behavior of the new reactor design; the model is used to study the copolymerization of ethylene with butene. Several parameter sensitivity analyses are performed to show the computer-simulated time responses for reactor temperature, number-average molecular weight, weight-average molecular weight, catalyst feed rate and the monomer concentration along the reactor length.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.bepress.com/cppm/vol3/iss1/1
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