TY - JOUR
T1 - Multicompartment Model of an Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate Autoclave Reactor
T2 - A Combined Computational Fluid Dynamics and Polymerization Kinetics Model
AU - Lee, Yongkyu
AU - Jeon, Kyeongwoo
AU - Cho, Jiyeong
AU - Na, Jonggeol
AU - Park, Jongmin
AU - Jung, Ikhwan
AU - Park, Jehun
AU - Park, Myung June
AU - Lee, Won Bo
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by C1 Gas Refinery Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT 2018M3D3A1A01055765. Financial support is acknowledged by Hanwha Chemical Corporation.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2019 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2019/9/11
Y1 - 2019/9/11
N2 - In this paper, we present a multicompartment model of an ethylene-vinyl acetate autoclave reactor including the mixing effects of the stirring device analyzed using computational fluid dynamics; the model is simplified by cell aggregation, and the polymerization kinetics is modeled with the method of moments. The proposed model has been verified through comparison of the predicted product properties and locally distributed temperatures with those from an industrial plant. The proposed model, which is capable of simulating a complex system with low computational load, can be applied to maintain consistent product quality, prevent undesired thermal runaway, and optimize the conversion and production rates.
AB - In this paper, we present a multicompartment model of an ethylene-vinyl acetate autoclave reactor including the mixing effects of the stirring device analyzed using computational fluid dynamics; the model is simplified by cell aggregation, and the polymerization kinetics is modeled with the method of moments. The proposed model has been verified through comparison of the predicted product properties and locally distributed temperatures with those from an industrial plant. The proposed model, which is capable of simulating a complex system with low computational load, can be applied to maintain consistent product quality, prevent undesired thermal runaway, and optimize the conversion and production rates.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b03044
DO - 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b03044
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85071732406
SN - 0888-5885
VL - 58
SP - 16459
EP - 16471
JO - Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
JF - Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
IS - 36
ER -