Polyolefin reaction engineering / Joao B.P. Soares and Timothy F. L. McKenna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soares, J. B. P. (Joao B. P.)

Contributor:

McKenna, T. F. (Timothy F.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polyolefins.

Polymers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Weinheim : Wiley-VCH ; Chichester : John Wiley [distributor], 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Monomers composed of carbon and hydrogen atoms are the simple building blocks that make up polyolefins - molecules which are extremelyuseful and which have an extraordinary range of properties and applications. How these monomer molecules are connected in the polymer chain defines the molecular architecture of polyolefins.Written by two world-renowned authors pooling their experience from industry and academia, this book adopts a unique engineering approachusing elegant mathematical modeling techniques to relate polymerization conditions, reactor and catalyst type to polyolefin

Contents:

Polyolefin Reaction Engineering; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Nomenclature; 1 Introduction to Polyolefins; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Polyethylene Resins; 1.3 Polypropylene Resins; Further Reading; 2 Polyolefin Microstructural Characterization; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Molecular Weight Distribution; 2.2.1 Size Exclusion Chromatography; 2.2.2 Field Flow Fractionation; 2.3 Chemical Composition Distribution; 2.3.1 Crystallizability-Based Techniques; 2.3.2 High-Performance Liquid Chromatography; 2.4 Cross-Fractionation Techniques; 2.5 Long-Chain Branching; Further Reading

3 Polymerization Catalysis and Mechanism3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Catalyst Types; 3.2.1 Ziegler-Natta Catalysts; 3.2.2 Phillips Catalysts; 3.2.3 Metallocenes; 3.2.4 Late Transition Metal Catalysts; 3.3 Supporting Single-Site Catalysts; 3.4 Polymerization Mechanism with Coordination Catalysts; Further Reading; 4 Polyolefin Reactors and Processes; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Reactor Configurations and Design; 4.2.1 Gas-Phase Reactors; 4.2.1.1 Fluidized Bed Gas-Phase Reactors; 4.2.1.2 Vertical Stirred Bed Reactor; 4.2.1.3 Horizontal Stirred Gas-Phase Reactor; 4.2.1.4 Multizone Circulating Reactor

4.2.2 Slurry-Phase Reactors4.2.2.1 Autoclaves; 4.2.2.2 Slurry Loop Reactors; 4.2.3 Solution Reactors; 4.2.4 Summary of Reactor Types for Olefin Polymerization; 4.3 Olefin Polymerization Processes; 4.3.1 Polyethylene Manufacturing Processes; 4.3.1.1 Slurry (Inert Diluent) Processes; 4.3.1.2 Gas-Phase Processes; 4.3.1.3 Mixed-Phase Processes; 4.3.1.4 Solution Processes; 4.3.2 Polypropylene Manufacturing Processes; 4.3.2.1 Slurry (Inert Diluent) Processes; 4.3.2.2 Gas-Phase Processes; 4.3.2.3 Mixed-Phase Processes; 4.4 Conclusion; References; Further Reading; 5 Polymerization Kinetics

5.1 Introduction5.2 Fundamental Model for Polymerization Kinetics; 5.2.1 Single-Site Catalysts; 5.2.1.1 Homopolymerization; 5.2.1.2 Copolymerization; 5.2.2 Multiple-Site Catalysts; 5.2.3 Temperature Dependence of Kinetic Constants; 5.2.4 Number of Moles of Active Sites; 5.3 Nonstandard Polymerization Kinetics Models; 5.3.1 Polymerization Orders Greater than One; 5.3.2 Hydrogen Effect on the Polymerization Rate; 5.3.3 Comonomer Effect on the Polymerization Rate; 5.3.4 Negative Polymerization Orders with Late Transition Metal Catalysts; 5.4 Vapor-Liquid-Solid Equilibrium Considerations

Further Reading6 Polyolefin Microstructural Modeling; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Instantaneous Distributions; 6.2.1 Molecular Weight Distribution; 6.2.1.1 Single-Site Catalysts; 6.2.1.2 Multiple-Site Catalysts; 6.2.2 Chemical Composition Distribution; 6.2.2.1 Single-Site Catalysts; 6.2.2.2 Multiple-Site Catalysts; 6.2.3 Comonomer Sequence Length Distribution; 6.2.4 Long-Chain Branching Distribution; 6.2.5 Polypropylene: Regio- and Stereoregularity; 6.3 Monte Carlo Simulation; 6.3.1 Steady-State Monte Carlo Models; 6.3.2 Dynamic Monte Carlo Models; Further Reading

7 Particle Growth and Single Particle Modeling

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783527646968

3527646965

9781299476028

1299476023

9783527646975

3527646973

9783527646944

3527646949

OCLC:

809920138