Using a Novel CFD Model to Assess the Effect of Mixing Parameters on Emulsion Polymerization

Macromolecular Reaction Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 108-122

  Fathi Roudsari, Shideh ^a   Dhib, Ramdhane ^a   Ein Mozaffari, Farhad ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Emulsion polymerization; Growth; Mixing; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; ESTERS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); GROWTH KINETICS; IMPELLERS; MIXING; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION STATISTICS; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; METHYL METHACRYLATES; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; PITCHED BLADE IMPELLER; POLYMER VOLUME FRACTION; POPULATION BALANCES; RUSHTON IMPELLERS; VELOCITY GRADIENTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84962833185     PISSN: 1862832X     EISSN: 18628338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mren.201500019     Document Type: Article

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