AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF A REACTOR FOR BULK POLYMERIZATION OF STYRENE
- 1 September 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Chemical Engineering Communications
- Vol. 17 (1-6) , 297-304
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00986448208911633
Abstract
Automatic temperature and initiator feed control of a reactor for styrene bulk polymerization, initiated by A.I.B.N., was achieved. We show that suitable temperature and/or initiator feed policies allow production with high conversions (>50%) of a polymer with narrower molecular weight distribution. The good fit of experimental data on mathematical model (taking in account viscosity effect) allow us to find experimental conditions required to obtain a polymer with a predetermined molecular weight distribution (especially polydispersity).Keywords
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