Modelagem e simulação de reatores autoclave para produção de PEBD

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2012

RESUMO

The low density polyethylene (LDPE) is a thermoplastic resin manufactured by high pressure processes, with autoclave or tubular type reactors. The present scenario is of growing demand for LDPE produced at competitive costs, through high performance and capacity plants, so that the process and product development becomes a key factor for the producers, and process simulators are high importance tools for this purpose. The objective of this dissertation is the implementation of a mathematical model which represents autoclave reactors for LDPE production and the evaluation of its predictive capacity through the comparison between their numerical results with literature data and with an industrial plant data. The model developed should be able to describe the reactor behavior, through its temperature profile, initiator flows and conversion, and the behavior of some of the main properties of the produced polymer, through their average molecular weights. The reactors modeling is composed of stirred tank generic compartments, implemented in the process dynamic simulator EMSO, using literature kinetics. The mass and energy balances were solved simultaneously in order to obtain feasible operating conditions, which requires the use of controllers to maintain the operating point at the desired steady state. The properties are obtained through the use of the method of moments. It is considered in the model the possibility of formation of two phases. Kinetics and mixture model parameters are fitted to the plant data through an estimation routine, considering two grades with distinct process and product characteristics. The model predictions for temperature profile, initiator flows, conversion and average molecular weights presented good agreement with the literature data and with the industrial plant data, for the two considered grades.

ASSUNTO(S)

processos químicos : simulação autoclave reactor polietileno de alta densidade ldpe modelos matemáticos modeling simulation emso

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