Prediction of polymer properties in LDPE reactors

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

Volumn 290, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 319-346

  Wells, Gary J ^a   Harmon Ray, W ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b Westhollow Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoclave reactor; Computational fluid dynamics; Low density polyethylene; Mixing; Molecular weight distribution

Indexed keywords

AUTOCLAVES; BLENDING; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS;

AUTOCLAVE REACTORS; CHAIN PROPAGATION; POLYMER TRANSFER; WEIGHT FRACTIONS;

LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 17844368627     PISSN: 14387492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mame.200400128     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. M. McCoy, M. S. Reisch, A. H. Tullo, P. L. Short, A. M. Thayer, J.-F. Tremblay, W. J. Storck, Chem. Eng. News 2003, 81, 25.
2. L. Marini, C. Georgakis, Chem. Eng. Commun. 1984, 30, 361.
3. L. Marini, C. Georgakis, AIChE J. 1984, 30, 401.
4. L. Marini, C. Georgakis, AIChE J. 1984, 30, 409.
5. W.-M. Chan, P. E. Gloor, A. E. Hamielec, AIChE J. 1993, 39, 111.
6. C. Kiparissides, G. Verros, J. F. MacGregor, J. Macromol. Sci. Rev. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 1993, C33, 437.
7. B. G. Kwag, K. Y. Choi, Chem. Eng. Sci. 1994, 49, 4959.
8. S. X. Zhang, W. H. Ray, AIChE J. 1997, 43, 1265.
9. K. W. Doak, "Low Density Polyethylene", in: Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology, Vol. 6, H. F. Mark, Eds., Wiley Interscience Publishing, New York 1985, p. 383.
10. J. K. Beasley, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1953, 75, 6123.
11. C. H. Bamford, W. G. Barb, A. D. Jenkins, P. V. Onyon, "The Kinetics of Vinyl Polymerization by Radical Mechanisms", Butterworths, London 1958.
12. W. H. Ray, J. Macromol. Sci. Rev. Macromol. Chem. 1972, C8, 1
13. H. Tobita, K. Ito, Polym. React. Eng. 1992, 1, 407.
14. P. Ehrlich, G. A. Mortimer, Adv. Polym. Sci. 1970, 7, 386.
15. S. Goto, K. Yamamoto, S. Furui, M. Sugimoto, J. Appl. Polym. Sci.: Appl. Polym. Symp. 1981, 36, 21.
16. R. A. Hutchinson, Macromol. Theory Simul. 2001, 10, 144.
17. D. J. Arriola, "Modeling of Addition Polymerization Systems", PhD thesis, University of Wisconsin 1989.
18. A. Butté, A. Ghiemli, G. Storti, M. Morbidelli, Macromol. Theory Simul. 1999, 8, 498.
19. R. Giudici, A. E. Hamielec, Polym. React. Eng. 1996, 4, 73.
20. H. Tobita, J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2001, 39, 391.
21. P. Canu, W. H. Ray, Comput. Chem. Eng. 1991, 15, 549.
22. F. A. Teymour, J. D. Campbell, Macromolecules 1994, 27, 2460.
23. G. Arzamendi, J. M. Asua, Macromolecules 1995, 28, 7479.
24. M. Wulkow, Macromol. Theory Simul. 1996, 5, 393.
25. T. J. Crowley, K. Y. Choi, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 1997, 36, 1419.
26. S. Florentino, A. Ghiemli, G. Storti, M. Morbidelli, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 1997, 36, 1283.
27. H. Nordhus, Ø. Moen, P. Singstad, J. Macromol. Sci., Pure Appl. Chem. 1997, A34, 1017.
28. S. Thomas, A. Hamielec, J. Soares, Polym. React. Eng. 1997, 5, 183.
29. P. Pladis, C. Kiparissides, Chem. Eng. Sci. 1998, 53, 3315.
30. M. Nele, C. Sayer, J. C. Pinto, Macromol. Theory Simul. 1999, 8, 199.
31. P. D. Iedema, M. Wulkow, H. C. J. Hoefsloot, Macromolecules 2000, 33, 7173.
32. A. Butté, G. Storti, M. Morbidelli, Macromol. Theory Simul. 2002, 11, 22.
33. A. Butté, G. Storti, M. Morbidelli, Macromol. Theory Simul. 2002, 11, 37.
34. G. Verros, Polymer 2003, 44, 7021.
35. R. A. Hutchinson, P. J. McLellan, J. O. Ramsay, H. Sulieman, D. W. Bacon, Macromol. Symp. 2004, 206, 495.
36. A. D. Peklak, A. Butté, G. Storti, M. Morbidelli, Macromol. Symp. 2004, 206, 481.
37. P. Deuflhard, M. Wulkow, Impact Computing Sci. Eng. 1989, 1, 269.
38. U. Budde, M. Wulkow, Chem. Eng. Sci. 1991, 46, 497.
39. C. M. Villa, J. O. Dihora, W. H. Ray, AIChE J. 1998, 44, 1646.
40. G. J. Wells, "Modeling Methods for Predicting Polymer Process Dynamics and Product Properties: The Effects of Mixing and Catalyst Characteristics", PhD thesis, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2003.
41. G. J. Wells, W. H. Ray, AIChE J., in press.
42. G. Donati, M. Gramondo, E. Langianni, L. Marini, Quad. Ing. Chim. Ital. 1981, 17, 88.
43. rd edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York 1991.
44. S. X. Zhang, N. K. Read, W. H. Ray, AIChE J. 1996, 42, 2911.
45. C. H. Chen, J. G. Vermeychuk, J. A. Howell, P. Ehrlich, AIChE J. 1976, 22, 463.
46. K. H. Lee, J. P. Marano, ACS Symp. Ser. 1978, 109, 221.
47. S. X. Zhang, "Modelling and Experimental Studies of Free Radical Polymerization Reactors", PhD thesis, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1996.
48. J. K. Beasley, "Polymerization at High Pressure", in: Comprehensive Polymer Science, Vol. 3, S. G. Allen, J. C. Bevington, Eds., Pergammon Press, New York 1989, p. 273.
49. S. Kumar, D. Ramkrishna, Chem. Eng. Sci. 1996, 51, 1311.
50. S. Kumar, D. Ramkrishna, Chem. Eng. Sci. 1996, 51, 1333.
51. S. Kumar, D. Ramkrishna, Chem. Eng. Sci. 1997, 52, 4659.
52. J. B. P. Soares, J. D. Kim, J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2000, 38, 1408.
53. L. Peebles, "Molecular Weight Distributions in Polymers", John Wiley and Sons, New York 1971.
54. J. J. Zacca, J. A. Debling, W. H. Ray, Chem. Eng. Sci. 1997, 52, 1941.
55. M. Nele, J. C. Pinto, Macromol. Theory Simul. 2002, 11, 293.
56. J. D. Campbell, F. Teymour, M. Morbidelli, Macromolecules 2003, 36, 5502.
57. Fluent-Incorporated, Fluent User's Guide, Version 6.0, 2001.
58. N. K. Read, S. X. Zhang, W. H. Ray, AIChE J. 1997, 43, 104.
59. Y. Saad, M. H. Schultz, SIAM J. Sci. Stat. Comp. 1986, 7, 865.