Polymer Reaction Engineering: 9th International Workshop Book

Preface   H.-U. Moritz   W. Pauer
Miniemulsification: An Analysis of the Use of Rotor Stators as Emulsification Devices   Ula El-Jaby   Timothy F. L. McKenna   Michael F. Cunningham     1
New Falling Film Reactor for Melt Polycondensation Process   Zhenghao Xi   Ling Zhao   Zhaoyan Liu     10
Recent Advances in Modern Static Devolatilization   Manfred Wackerlin   Philip Nising     17
Process Intensification of Emulsion Polymerization in the Continuous Taylor Reactor   Dana Ruttgers   Iuliana Negoita   Werner Pauer   Hans-Ulrich Moritz     26
Characterization of Mixing Efficiency in Polymerization Reactors Using Competitive-Parallel Reactions   Kathrin Kunowa   Sebastian Schmidt-Lehr   Werner Pauer   Hans-Ulrich Moritz   Christian Schwede     32
Model Based Operation of Polymer Processes - What has to be Done?   Jens Bausa     42
Development and Modeling of a Continuous Dispersion Copolymerization Process in the Presence of a Stabilizing Agent Elaborated in situ   Fernand Pla   Christian Fonteix   Sandrine Hoppe   Cornelius Schrauwen   Hanno Van der Wal   Freddy Van Damme     53
Influence of Reaction Pressureon Semibatch Esterification Process of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Synthesis   Himanshu Patel   Gunter Feix   Reinhard Schomacker     65
Modeling Nd-Catalyzed Butadiene Rubber Production   Ursula Tracht   Heike Kloppenburg     76
Design of Blends with an Extremely Low Viscosity Ratio between the Dispersed and Continuous Phases. Dependence of the Dispersed Phase Size on the Processing Parameters   Jonathan Leblanc   Mathilde Mercier   Christian Fonteix   Fernand Pla     85
Model Development in Thermal Styrene Polymerization   Bryan Matthews   Carlos Villa   Pete Pierini     94
Estimation of Kinetic Parameters for the Polar-Modified Anionic Solution Copolymerization of 1,3-Butadiene and Styrene   W. Carl McIntosh   Evemarie Hamann   Ronald Oertel   Michael Bartke     102
Steady State Simulation of Ethylene Polymerization Using Multiple-Site Coordination Catalysts   Francisco Perez Valencia   Joao B.P. Soares     110
Modeling Polycondensation of Lactic Acid   Yogesh M. Harshe   Giuseppe Storti   Massimo Morbidelli   Simone Gelosa   Davide Moscatelli     116
Time Programmed Feed of Semi-Batch Reactors with Non-Linear Radical Copolymerizations: An Experimental Study of the System Styrene + Divinylbenzene Using SEC/MALLS   Miguel A. D. Goncalves   Rolando C. S. Dias   Mario Rui P. F. N. Costa     124
Fluidized Bed Polyethylene Reactor Modeling in Condensed Mode Operation   Ahmad Mirzaei   Ali Kiashemshaki   Mehrsa Emami     135
Composite Polymer Nanoparticles via Transitional Phase Inversion Emulsification and Polymerization   Fatemeh Jahanzad   Gini Chauhan   Sherif Mustafa   Basu Saha   Shahriar Sajjadi   Brian W. Brooks     145
Semibatch Atom Transfer Radical Copolymerization of Styrene and Butyl Acrylate   Yao Fu   Michael F. Cunningham   Robin A. Hutchinson     151
A Novel Production Route for Nylon-6: Aspects of Catalysis and Process Development   J. Meuldijk   A. J. M. van Dijk   R. Duchateau   C. E. Koning     164
Ethylene/1-Butene Copolymerization over Heterogeneous Metallocene Catalyst   Rafael van Grieken   Carlos Martin   Jovita Moreno   Oscar Prieto   Jose M. Bravo     174
Fe[superscript 2+] Catalyzed Synthesis of Radiation Grafted Functional Membranes and Application in Fuel Cells and Ion Recovery   Christian Schmidt   Gudrun Schmidt-Naake     181
Kinetic Studies of Polyethylene Terephthalate Synthesis with Titanium-Based Catalyst   Fatemeh Ahmadnian   Karl-Heinz Reichert     188
Sorption and Swelling of Poly(D,L-lactic acid) and Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) in Supercritical CO[subscript 2]   Ronny Pini   Giuseppe Storti   Marco Mazzotti   Hongyun Tai   Kevin M. Shakesheff   Steven M. Howdle     197
Poly(propylene carbonate), old CO[subscript 2] Copolymer with New Attractiveness   Gerrit A. Luinstra   Ferenc Molnar     203
Homogeneous Phase Polymerization of Vinylidene Fluoride in Supercritical CO[subscript 2]: Surfactant Free Synthesis and Kinetics   Sabine Beuermann   M. Imran-ul-haq     210
Dispersion Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide: Control of Molecular Weight Distribution by Adjusting Particle Surface Area   Philipp A. Mueller   Giuseppe Storti   Massimo Morbidelli   Charalampos A. Mantelis   Thierry Meyer     218
Ionic Liquids - New Solvents in the Free Radical Polymerization   Gudrun Schmidt-Naake   Inga Woecht   Anne Schmalfuss     226
Phase-Equilibrium Measurements of the Polystyrene/Styrene/Carbon Dioxide Ternary System at Elevated Pressures Using ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy   Michael Gornert   Gabriele Sadowski      236
Effect of 1-Hexene Comonomer on Polyethylene Particle Growth and Kinetic Profiles   Rafael van Grieken   Alicia Carrero   Inmaculada Suarez   Beatriz Paredes     243
Adaption of the Mechanism of Emulsion Polymerization to New Experimental Results   Klaus Tauer   Hugo F. Hernandez   Steffen Kozempel   Olga Lazareva   Pantea Nazaran     253
Nucleation in Emulsion Polymerization: Another Step towards Non-Micellar Nucleation Theory   Pantea Nazaran   Klaus Tauer     264
Brownian Dynamics Simulation Studies on Radical Capture in Emulsion Polymerization   Hugo F. Hernandez   Klaus Tauer     274
Kinetic Study of the Copolymerization of Ethylene with a Single Site Catalyst in Propane Slurry Polymerization   Sebastian Kroner   Kirsi Eloranta   Michiel F. Bergstra   Michael Bartke     284
Modeling the Chain-Length Differentiated Polymer Microstructure of [alpha]-Olefins   Markus Busch   Katrin Becker     295
High-Solids Content Waterborne Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites   Gabriela Diaconu   Jose M. Asua   Maria Paulis   Jose R. Leiza     305
A Study of L-Lactide Ring-Opening Polymerization Kinetics   Jean-Pierre Puaux   Ionut Banu   Iosif Nagy   Grigore Bozga     318
Sorption and Diffusion of Propylene and Ethylene in Heterophasic Polypropylene Copolymers   Michael Bartke   Sebastian Kroner   Annette Wittebrock   Karl-Heinz Reichert   Ilias Illiopoulus   Christoph Johannes Dittrich     327
Ab Initio Calculation of the Propagation Kinetics in Free Radical Polymerization: Chain Length and Penultimate Effects   Davide Moscatelli   Marco Dossi   Carlo Cavallotti   Giuseppe Storti     337
Temperature and pH Dependency of Copolymerization Parameters of Acrylic Acid and 2-Hydroxypropyl Acrylate   Christoph Blaszk   Jan Grunitz   Maike Moller   Werner Pauer   Hans-Ulrich Moritz   Christian Schwede     348
Mathematical Modeling of the Grafting of Maleic Anhydride onto Polypropylene   Reinaldo Giudici     354
Reaction Inhibition as a Method for Preventing Thermal Runaway in Industrial Processes   Alessandra Russo   Giuseppe Maschio   Claudio Ampelli     365
Advanced Calorimetric Techniques in Polymer Engineering   Jean-Pierre E. Grolier   Florin Dan     371
Comparing Methods for Calculating the Heat Flow Rate of Reactions in Different Bench-Scale Calorimeters    Arnd-Luder Gaulke   Werner Pauer   Hans-Ulrich Moritz     381
Online-Analysis on Acoustically Levitated Droplets   Silke Biedasek   Mohammed Abboud   Hans-Ulrich Moritz   Achim Stammer     390
RAFT Polymerization - Investigation of the Initialization Period and Determination of the Transfer Coefficients   Marco Drache   Gudrun Schmidt-Naake     397
Molecular Weight Control in Emulsion Polymerization by Catalytic Chain Transfer: A Reaction Engineering Approach   Niels M.B. Smeets   Ujwal S. Meda   Johan P.A. Heuts   Jos T.F. Keurentjes   Alex M. van Herk   Jan Meuldijk     406
Analysis of Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization of Styrene by Soft-Ionization-MS - A Challenging Task   Wibke Dempwolf   Silke Flakus   Gudrun Schmidt-Naake     416
What Kind of Image is Drawn by a MALDI-Experiment of Grafted Nanoparticles? - How to Distinguish between Chemically and Physically Adsorbed Parts   Wibke Dempwolf   Lars Nothdurft   Gudrun Schmidt-Naake     421