Shamiri, A. and Hussain, Mohd Azlan and Mjalli, F.S. and Mostoufi, N. and Shafeeyan, M.S. (2011) Dynamic modeling of gas phase propylene homopolymerization in fluidized bed reactors. Chemical Engineering Science. pp. 1189-1199. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2010.12.030.
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Abstract
A new model with comprehensive kinetics for propylene homopolymerization in fluidized bed reactors was developed to investigate the effect of mixing, operating conditions, kinetic and hydrodynamic parameters on the reactor performance as well as polymer properties. Presence of the particles in the bubbles and the excess gas in the emulsion phase was considered to improve the two-phasemodel,thus, considering the polymerization reaction to take place in both the bubble and emulsion phases. It was shown that in the practical range of superficial gas velocity and catalyst feedrate,the ratio of produced polymer in the bubble phase to the total production rate is roughly between 10% and 13%, which is a substantial amount and cannot be ignored. Simulation studies were carried out to compare the results of the improved two-phas, conventional well-mixed and constant bubble size models. The improved two-phase and well mixed models predicted a narrower and safer window at the same running conditions compared with the constant bubble size model. The improved two-phase model showed close dynamic behavior to the conventional models at the beginning of polymerization, but starts to diverge with the evolution of time.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Additional Information: | Corresponding author.Tel.:+60379675214;fax:+60379675319. E-mail address: mohd_azlan@um.edu.my (M.A.Hussain). |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mathematical modeling; Fluidization; Propylene polymerization; Catalyst; Emulsion Bubble |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TP Chemical technology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Norhamizah Tamizi |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Apr 2014 01:46 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Feb 2021 03:50 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/9778 |
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