Polymerization Process Flowsheets & Simulations
Explore 2 validated, solved Polymerization simulation flowsheets in MaximaLabs — real components: ethanol, water. Open any one directly in your browser.
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Free-radical polymerization (CSTR)
A continuous free-radical polymerization: an Arrhenius CSTR converts monomer and reports the number/weight-average molecular weight (Mn, Mw) and polydispersity from a method-of-moments closure — the numbers a specialty-polymer plant tracks.
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View & openPolymerization reactor comparison: CSTR cascade vs. tubular (PFR)
The same monomer feed, split 50/50 into two trains at equal total reactor volume: a 3-stage CSTR cascade (each stage blending its own new polymer with the MWD already carried by the stream from the stage before it) versus a single tubular (PFR) reactor. Both converge to a real, different Mn/Mw/PDI — the PFR reaches higher conversion at the same total volume, but its cumulative polydispersity is measurably broader than the cascade's, because chain length drifts continuously with conversion along the tube while each CSTR stage makes its own local production under one fixed monomer concentration. See the 'Polymerization Reactors' docs page for the full reasoning.
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