Modeling of Methyl Methacrylate Polymerization Using MATLAB

Law, Woon Phui and Wan Hanisah, Wan Ibrahim and Jolius, Gimbun (2016) Modeling of Methyl Methacrylate Polymerization Using MATLAB. Chemical Product and Process Modeling, 11 (3). pp. 185-196. ISSN 1934-2659. (Published)

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Abstract

This paper presents a modeling of methyl methacrylate (MMA) polymerization with toluene in the presence of azo-bi’s-isobutyronitrile (AIBN) using MATLAB. This work aims to optimize the initial concentration of initiator and the reactor temperature to achieve a maximum monomer conversion in minimum batch time. The optimization of solution polymerization of MMA based on the three-stage polymerization model (TSPM) was performed using ode23t solver. The non-linear polymerization kinetics considered the gel, glass and cage effect to obtain a realistic prediction. The predicted reactor and jacket temperature showed a reasonable agreement with the experimental data, where the error is about 2.7 % and 2.3 %, respectively. The results showed that a maximum monomer conversion of 94 % was achieved at 0.126 kgmol m–3 of the initial concentration of AIBN and 346 K of the initial reactor temperature in 8,951 s (2.5 h).

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Methyl methacrylate; solution polymerization; ordinary differential equation; optimization; method of moment
Subjects:	T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Faculty/Division:	Centre of Excellence: Centre of Excellence for Advanced Research in Fluid Flow Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering Institute of Postgraduate Studies
Depositing User:	Prof. Dr. Jolius Gimbun
Date Deposited:	20 Sep 2016 01:38
Last Modified:	03 Oct 2019 08:08
URI:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/14372
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