ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Many processes for polymerization of olefins employ laboratory, pilot plant, or full-scale liquid-phase polymerization reactors with monomer introduced as a gas. Criteria for the presence of gas-liquid mass transfer resistance in these systems are determined in terms of observed reaction rate or loading of a heterogeneous catalyst of given intrinsic activity. The effects of variables such as reactor size and configuration, temperature, and soluble polymer are also examined. The equilibrium monomer concentrations of ethylene in hexane and propylene in heptane are calculated through a modified Benedict-Webb-Rubin equation, and some calculations for ethylene-propylene mixtures are tabulated. The general methodology for predicting gas-liquid mass transfer resistance is readily extendible to copolymerization systems.
Additional Material:
21 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1986.070320617
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