Analysis of tanks-in-series model with backflow for free-radical polymerization
✍ Scribed by J. S. Shastry; L. T. Fan; L. E. Erickson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 762 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Free‐radical polymerization in a flow reactor represented by the tanks‐in‐series model with backflow was considered. Conversions and molecular weight distributions were computed as functions of the backflow parameter, and the results were compared with the conversion and molecular weight distribution from a CSTR and those from a plug‐flow reactor. Backflow was found to be undesirable for the polymerization mechanism under investigation. Values of the degree of segregation for the tanks‐in‐series model were calculated by using Zwietering's approach as a function of backflow.
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