Syllabus of University of Pune M.E(Petrochemical Engg)Semester II-Polymerization Process Modeling

512212 (c) Polymerization Process Modeling
Teaching Scheme: Examination Scheme:
Lectures: 3 Hrs/week Paper: 100 Marks
Duration: 3 Hrs.

Rheology of polymer melts and polymer solutions and their characterization;
Linear viscoelastic models; Co-rotational derivatives and non-linear viscoelastic
models; Experimental techniques of determining the viscoelastic properties.
Distinctive features of polymerizations and Polymer reactors,
polymers in bulk and in solution, classification of mechanism of
polymerization,
Step growth polymerizations, Linear AB step polymerization, A1+B2 step
polymerization Stoichiometry, Effect of monofuctional agents, cycllizatios
Chain growth polymerizations, chemistries of free radical polymerizations,
Molecular weight distributions in free radical polymerizations, Parameter
estimation
Copolymerization, sequence length distributions in free radical Copolymerization,
Parameter estimations and Characterizations
Nonlinear polymerization, structure property relations, critique of Geleation
theory, Long chain branching
Reactor configuration, Homogenous continuous stirred tank reactors (HCSTR),
Segregated continuous stirred tank reactors (SCSTR), Multistep reactors
Heterogeneous polymerization, suspension, emulsion polymerizations,
Heterogeneous coordination Polymerization.

Reference Books:
Neil A. Dotson, Rafael Galva n, Robert L. Laurence, Polymerization Process
Modeling, VCH, Cambridge, UK, 1996.

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