Modeling of particle size distribution in emulsion co-polymerization: Comparison with experimental data and parametric sensitivity studies

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 1133-1152

  Immanuel, Charles D ^a   Cordeiro, Cajetan F ^b   Sundaram, Sekhar S ^b   Meadows, Edward S ^a   Crowley, Timothy J ^a   Doyle III, Francis J ^a  

^a University of Delaware   (United States)

^b AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Emulsion polymerization; Modeling; Parametric sensitivity; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; DATA REDUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREE RADICALS; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PARTICLE POPULATION;

EMULSION POLYMERIZATION;

IRON; OLIGOMER; POLYMER; RADICAL; SURFACTANT;

PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 0037103598     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-1354(02)00031-5     Document Type: Article

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