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Autor:
Manuel Z. Solorzano, W. Harmon Ray
Publikováno v:
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 47:9025-9039
This work characterizes the dynamic behavior of reactors with evaporative cooling. The process under consideration is a continuous stirred tank reactor used to carry out an exothermic irreversible first-order reaction with heat removal through the wa
Autor:
W. Harmon Ray, Dennis P. Lo
Publikováno v:
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 45:993-1008
Dynamic simulations of grade transitions are conducted for an industrial fluidized bed polyethylene reactor using a nickel−diimine catalyst. The reactor process model incorporates a kinetic model that predicts polymer properties for nickel−diimin
Autor:
Gary J. Wells, W. Harmon Ray
Publikováno v:
AIChE Journal. 51:3205-3218
Imperfect initiator mixing greatly affects the stability and efficiency of low density polyethylene (LDPE) autoclave reactors. A combined simulation technique utilizing compartment models and computational fluid dynamics extends previous work in the
Autor:
Gary J. Wells, W. Harmon Ray
Publikováno v:
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 290:319-346
Summary: A new analysis tool is presented that uses the governing kinetic scheme to predict properties of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) such as the detailed shape of the molecular weight distribution (MWD). A model that captures mixing details of a
Autor:
W. Harmon Ray, Dennis P. Lo
Publikováno v:
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 44:5932-5949
A kinetic model is developed for predicting the polymerization rate, chain-branching characteristics, and molecular weight from ethylene polymerization over homogeneous and supported nickel diimine catalysts. Seven dimensionless parameter groups are
Autor:
Gary J. Wells, W. Harmon Ray
Publikováno v:
AIChE Journal. 51:1508-1520
A powerful new modeling technique is presented for exploring mixing effects in reactive flow systems. The technique combines the detailed mixing representation of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations with the simplicity and computational ef
Autor:
Dennis P. Lo, Tomy Widya, Juan J. de Pablo, W. Harmon Ray, Brian J. Banaszak, Antonin Novak, Juraj Kosek
Publikováno v:
Macromolecules. 37:9139-9150
A detailed study has been conducted of the sorption of ethylene and 1-hexene in linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) under typical gas phase LLDPE reactor conditions. The recently proposed osmotic ensemble hyperparallel tempering method is used to
Publikováno v:
Macromolecular Symposia. 206:1-14
In this short review we describe some of the main developments of polymer reaction engineering since the early days of polymer science in the 1930's to the current challenges of today.
Autor:
Min Zhang, W. Harmon Ray
Publikováno v:
Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 86:1630-1662
A comprehensive mathematical model is developed for “living” free-radical polymerization carried out in tank reactors and provides a tool for the study of process development and design issues. The model is validated using experimental data for n
Autor:
W. Harmon Ray, Min Zhang
Publikováno v:
Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 86:1047-1056
A tubular reactor model for living free-radical polymerization is developed in this study. The model may be used as a tool to design efficient processes for tailored polymers from living free-radical polymerization. Examples presented include prepari