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- Title
Optimization of a 3D-printed tubular reactor for free radical polymerization by CFD.
- Authors
Hapke, Sören; Luinstra, Gerrit Albert; Zentel, Kristina Maria
- Abstract
A flow reactor for the complex reaction network of the free radical solution polymerization of n-butyl acrylate was optimized by a combination of kinetic modeling, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and additive manufacturing. CFD was used to model a flow reactor with SMX mixing elements. An optimized geometry was 3D-printed from polypropylene. The modeled residence time behavior was compared to relevant experiments, giving a validation for the flow behavior of the reactor. A kinetic model for the free radical solution polymerization of n-butyl acrylate (BA) was in addition implemented into the CFD model. It was used to predict the polymerization behavior in the flow reactor and the resulting product properties. The experimental and computational results were in acceptable agreement.
- Subjects
POLYMERIZATION; TUBULAR reactors; FREE radical reactions; FREE radicals; COMPUTATIONAL fluid dynamics
- Publication
Journal of Flow Chemistry, 2021, Vol 11, Issue 3, p539
- ISSN
2062-249X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s41981-021-00154-5