ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
A method for calculating the optimal monomer addition policy to produce emulsion copolymers with a given composition profile is presented. The approach allows the calculation of the time evolution of the monomer feed rates that ensure the formation of the desired copolymer composition profile in a minimum process time. The method was applied by simulation to obtain widely different copolymer composition profiles during the emulsion copolymerization of butyl acrylate and styrene. The results were compared with those obtained by means of the power feed method. In these calculations, it was assumed that both the kinetic model and the values of the kinetic parameters are available. The implementation of this approach to real emulsion copolymerization systems in which only a limited kinetic information is available is presented in the second article of this series. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
12 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1995.070570905
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