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Radoslav Paulen
Radoslav
Paulen
Brahim Benyahia
Brahim
Benyahia
M. Abderrazak Latifi
M. Abderrazak
Latifi
Miroslav Fikar
Miroslav
Fikar
Dynamic optimization of semi-batch emulsion co-polymerization reactor for styrene/butyl acrylate in the presence of a chain transfer agent
Loughborough University
2015
Chain transfer agent
Control vector parametrization and sensitivity methods
Dynamic optimization
Emulsion copolymerization
Fedbatch process
Chemical Engineering not elsewhere classified
2015-05-26 10:35:02
Journal contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Dynamic_optimization_of_semi-batch_emulsion_co-polymerization_reactor_for_styrene_butyl_acrylate_in_the_presence_of_a_chain_transfer_agent/9241205
We study dynamic optimization of a lab-scale semi-batch emulsion copolymerization reactor for styrene and butyl acrylate in the presence of n-dodecyl mercaptan as chain transfer agent (CTA). The previously developed mathematical model of the polymerization reactions is used to predict the glass transition temperature of produced polymer, the global monomer conversion, the number and weight average molecular weights, the particle size distribution, and the amount of residual monomers. This model is implemented within gPROMS environment for modeling and optimization. It is desired to compute optimal profiles of feed rate of pre-emulsioned monomers and CTA which optimize properties (quantitative as well as qualitative) of polymers produced during the reaction subject to operational conditions and constraints. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.