Computational simulation of Acrylamide and Acrylic Acid reaction by free-radical copolymerization in different reactor configurations and thermal conditions

Bugaiov Azurica, Diego A.

Supervisor(es): Soares, Joao

Resumen:

This study simulates the free-radical copolymerization of acrylamide and acrylic acid. The simulations were carried out for different reactor configurations and thermal conditions. Moreover, the final copolymer microstructure was predicted by using mathematical simulations based on first principles. Although there are a great number of publications about the modelling of polymer reactions, this work aims to estimate the final copolymer microstructure at the end of conversion using a method with lower computational efforts. Those values will determine important properties, among others, physical and chemical behaviours in later copolymer applications. A study of how natural disturbances affect the copolymer properties has been analyzed too. Finally, a controller was implemented to control the temperature reaction as the input variable.


Detalles Bibliográficos
2020
Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación
International Development Research Centre
Copolymerization
Process Control
Computational Simulation
Acrylamide
Acrylic Acid
Ingeniería y Tecnología
Ingeniería Química
Ingeniería de Procesos Químicos
Inglés
Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación
REDI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12381/240
Acceso abierto
Reconocimiento-SinObraDerivada 4.0 Internacional. (CC BY-ND)

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