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Influence of number of catalytic sites in 1,3-butadiene solution polymerizations catalysed by titanium tetrachloride
  • Renan Lopes,
  • Mateus Vasconcelos,
  • Amanda Brandão
Renan Lopes
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

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Mateus Vasconcelos
UFRJ
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Amanda Brandão
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
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Abstract

The synthetic rubber industry is of great importance and it is present in the daily life of world society. BR (butadiene rubber or polybutadiene) is one of the most used polymers in this field, mainly in tire production. Therefore, the control of operational conditions and final properties of the polymer formed are important points to be studied as they are a challenge for the industry. Thus, the present work focus in simulate the batch polymerization of polybutadiene using the Aspen Plus software, where 1,3-butadiene, titanium tetrachloride, triethylaluminium and hexane were used as monomer, catalyst, co-catalyst and solvent, respectively. Four cases were simulated changing the number of catalyst sites in order to predict and compare the final properties of polybutadiene resins including the average molecular weights, the molecular weight distribution and the evolution of operation conditions that are used at plant to monitor the course of the reaction like the reaction temperature and pressure.
30 Jan 2020Submitted to Engineering Reports
04 Feb 2020Submission Checks Completed
04 Feb 2020Assigned to Editor
19 Feb 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
24 Jun 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Major
19 Aug 20201st Revision Received
21 Aug 2020Assigned to Editor
21 Aug 2020Submission Checks Completed
21 Aug 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
10 Sep 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Major
30 Sep 20202nd Revision Received
30 Sep 2020Submission Checks Completed
30 Sep 2020Assigned to Editor
01 Oct 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
29 Oct 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
03 Nov 20203rd Revision Received
03 Nov 2020Assigned to Editor
03 Nov 2020Submission Checks Completed
03 Nov 2020Editorial Decision: Accept
15 Nov 2020Published in Engineering Reports. 10.1002/eng2.12333