Emulsion Polymerization Reactors: Operation and Control (Hardcover)

INTRODUCTION
Process
Products
Properties
Applications
CHEMISTRY AND KINETICS
Review of Free Radical Emulsion Polymerization
Elementary Chemical Reactions
Nucleation Mechanisms
Reaction Kinetics
Kinetic Effects
Multi-monomer Polymerization
MATHEMATICAL MODELLING
Reactor Models
Population Balance Equations
Reactor Performance
Computational Fluid Dynamics
SENSORS AND PROCESS MONITORING
Measuring Devices and Sensors
Soft Sensors
Process Monitoring
Quality Prediction
PROCESS CONTROL AND OPTIMAL OPERATION
Data Acquisition and Control Environment
Process Control
Statistical Analysis and Process Diagnosis
Hierarchical Monitoring and Supervisory Control
Knowledge-based Monitoring and Process Diagnostics
Statistically-enhanced Expert System
CASE STUDIES
Homopolymerization
Copolymerization
Terpolymerization