TY - JOUR
T1 - Process simulation in polymer manufacturing
AU - Ko, G. H.
AU - Osias, M. M.
AU - Tremblay, D. A.
AU - Barrera, M. D.
AU - Chen, C. C.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - A prototype simulator for applications in polymer manufacturing is presented. This prototype results from the integration of extensive development and application efforts in modeling a wide range of commercial polymerization processes using ASPEN PLUS™, a well-established process flowsheet simulator with a graphical user interface called ModelManager™. The main issues in the application of simulation technology to polymer processes and in the development of the prototype simulator, specifically in the areas of polymer component characterization, polymerization kinetics, and thermodynamic property requirements, are described in this paper. Examples taken from commercial applications will be used to demonstrate the approaches used for handling the different issues.
AB - A prototype simulator for applications in polymer manufacturing is presented. This prototype results from the integration of extensive development and application efforts in modeling a wide range of commercial polymerization processes using ASPEN PLUS™, a well-established process flowsheet simulator with a graphical user interface called ModelManager™. The main issues in the application of simulation technology to polymer processes and in the development of the prototype simulator, specifically in the areas of polymer component characterization, polymerization kinetics, and thermodynamic property requirements, are described in this paper. Examples taken from commercial applications will be used to demonstrate the approaches used for handling the different issues.
KW - Prototype Polymer Simulator
KW - free-radical polymerization
KW - polymer thermophysical properties
KW - polymerization types
KW - step-growth polymerization
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U2 - 10.1016/S0098-1354(09)80057-4
DO - 10.1016/S0098-1354(09)80057-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0026477670
VL - 16
SP - S481-S490
JO - Computers and Chemical Engineering
JF - Computers and Chemical Engineering
SN - 0098-1354
ER -