Recent Advances in Polymer Reaction Engineering: Modeling and Control of Polymer Properties

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Complex reaction kinetics and mechanisms, physical changes and transport effects, non-ideal mixing, and
strong process nonlinearity characterize polymerization processes. Polymer reaction engineering is a discipline that
deals with various problems concerning the fundamental nature of chemical and physical phenomena in polymerization
processes. Mathematical modeling is a powerful tool for the development of process understanding and advanced
reactor technology in the polymer industry. This review discusses recent developments in modeling techniques for the
calculation of polymer properties including molecular weight distribution, copolymer composition distribution,
sequence length distribution and long chain branching. The application of process models to the design of model-based
reactor optimizations and controls is also discussed with some examples.

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