The relative merits of the moving packed bed, fluidized bed, and stirred bed reactors for solid-state polycondensation are discussed along with methods for improving these designs. A general model to describe continuous solid-state polymerization reactors is then developed and illustrated by a case
Modeling of solid-state polycondensation. I. Particle models
โ Scribed by Frederick K. Mallon; W. Harmon Ray
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 356 KB
- Volume
- 69
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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โฆ Synopsis
A comprehensive model has been developed to handle the reactions in polymers undergoing polycondensation reactions in the solid state. The polymer crystalline fraction is modeled as containing only repeat units, thus concentrating end groups and condensate in the amorphous fraction. In addition, by using a general framework for the equations, many previously neglected effects are included; for example, variable crystallinity and gas phase mass transfer effects. This model is compared to PET and nylon reaction data with good results.
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