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Title:	A mathematical model of photopolymerization in a batch reactor
Author:	Li, Jyh-Yao
View Online:	njit-etd1987-001 ([v], 54 pages ~ 1.6 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Environmental Science
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Chemical Engineering
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Huang, Ching-Rong (Committee chair) Lin, Chen-Chong (Committee member) Lei, George Y. (Committee member)
Date:	1987
Keywords:	Polymers and polymerization--Mathematical models. Styrene. Photochemistry.
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	A mathematical model of a photo initiated additionpolymerization in a batch reactor was developed. The model considered initiation, propagation and, termination to simulate the addition polymerization process, The model has the advantage that the concentration of any particular n-mer may be calculated without calculating all of its precursors. Other methods do not have this property. An analytical solution to the model for the photopolymerization of styrene was solved. The calculations were run on a VAX 8800 computer and the results were then compared with the experimental results. The calculated results fitted the experimental results to some extent. Effects from the variations of feed temperatures and light intensities were also discussed, the model predicted their influence very well.