Using a Novel CFD Model to Assess the Effect of Mixing Parameters on Emulsion Polymerization
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Bibliographic record
Abstract
Abstract A novel computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed and validated with the experimental data to explore the effect of the agitator type, rotational speed, and the installation of baffles on the methyl methacrylate conversion, particle size and number of particles of poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA) produced in an emulsion polymerization reactor. The originality of this study was to include the reaction kinetics to the population balance through nucleation and growth rates while taking into account the velocity gradients generated by the impeller rotation inside the reactor. The number density achieved by the Rushton impeller was higher than that for the pitched blade impeller. The distribution of polymer volume fraction was more uniform with the pitched blade impeller than that for the Rushton impeller.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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