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Synthesis of million molecular weight polyacrylamide with droplet flow microreactors
- Source :
- Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. 98:78-84
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2019.
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Abstract
- Microreactors are good platforms to study polymerization, but the production of high molecular weight polymers in small reaction space is rather difficult. To obtain million grams/mole molecular weight product, we developed two microreactors to implement inverse suspension polymerization in separated droplets, working as mini-reactors. Protecting by the lubricant film around droplets, 3600 kg/mol polyacrylamide (PAM) was successfully prepared in 38 min residence time, without any clogging issues. Advanced to the batch reactors, the microreactors offered precise control over the whole polymerization process in terms of reaction time and properties of the products, which facilitated the understanding of the basic laws of reactions. Thermal-initiated and redox-initiated radical polymerizations were both investigated, and the thermal-initiated reaction was found to be suitable for preparing high molecular weight polyacrylamide (>1000 kg/mol). The redox-initiated polymerization was a mixing-controlled reaction, which finished quickly in the microreactor.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
General Chemical Engineering
Polyacrylamide
technology, industry, and agriculture
02 engineering and technology
General Chemistry
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Residence time (fluid dynamics)
01 natural sciences
High molecular weight polymer
0104 chemical sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Chemical engineering
Polymerization
Scientific method
Droplet flow
Lubricant
Microreactor
0210 nano-technology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18761070
- Volume :
- 98
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........d0aab168f8775ebbebe52d46fdd774c5