Styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) production by emulsion polymerization: Dynamic modeling and intensification of the process

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 207-208, Issue , 2012, Pages 414-420

  Zubov, Alexandr ^a   Pokorny, Jiri ^b   Kosek, Juraj ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b SYNTHOS S A   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dynamic modeling; Emulsion copolymerization; Mooney viscosity; Styrene butadiene rubber

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS; DETERMINISTIC MODELS; DEVELOPED MODEL; DYNAMIC PREDICTION; DYNAMIC TRANSITIONS; EMULSION COPOLYMERIZATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LATEX PROPERTIES; MOONEY VISCOSITY; PLANT DATA; POLYMER CHAINS; POPULATION BALANCES; PROCESS DATA; STYRENE BUTADIENE RUBBER; STYRENE BUTADIENES; WEIGHT-AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

BUTADIENE; COPOLYMERIZATION; DYNAMIC MODELS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; STYRENE; VISCOSITY;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 84866867781     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.06.144     Document Type: Article

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