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Initiator와 단량체를 여러 위치에서 공급하는 폴리에틸렌 고압식 관상반응기의 성능
The Performance of High Pressure Polyethylene Tubular Reactors with Multiple Injections of Initiator and Monomer
HWAHAK KONGHAK, August 1977, 15(4), 249-257(9), NONE
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Abstract
저밀도폴리에틸렌을 생산하는데 있어서 품질관리를 위하여 long-chain branching을 control하는 일이 대단히 중요하다. 그 이유은 long-chain branching이 생산된 저밀도폴리에틸렌의 유동학적 물성과 가공성에 큰 영향을 주기 때문이다. 고압하에서 생산되는 폴리에틸렌 반응기의 특징은 관상반응기를 사용하는 경우에 그 길이가 직경 250배 내지 1,200배나 된다는 점이다. 생산비의 상당한 액수가 에틸렌을 압축시키는데 소요되므로 전화율을 증가시킬 수 있다면 생산비를 크게 감축시킬 수 있다. 이의 한 방법으로서 initiator나 단량비 또는 양자를 동시에 반응기의 여러 위치에서 가하여 주는 것(multiple injections)이 좋다고 문헌에 보고되어 있다. 저자들은 이러한 제시를 증명하기 위하여 이론적인 연구를 수행하였으며 반응기내에서의 온도분포, 단량체 및 initiator의 전화율, 분자량 분포도 등의 대표적인 결과를 보고하는 바이다.
In the production of polyethylene under high pressure, yielding so called "low-density polyethylene", control of the long-chain branching reaction is of paramount importance to product quality. This is because the long-chain branching level influences the rheological properties and processability of the polyethylene produced. The high pressure polyethylene tubular reactor is characterized by its large length-to-diameter ratio which ranges from 250 : 1 to as high as 1200 : 1. Since a significant portion of the production cost of polyethylene in a high-pressure tubular reactor is attributed to the power consumption needed to compress the ethylene, an increase in conversion should help reduce the production cost considerably. It has been suggested in the literature that the use of multiple injections of initiator and/or monomer can increase the conversion of ethylene considerably. We have recently investigated the performance (the conversion and product quality) of a high-pressure polyethylene tubular reactor with multiple injections of initiator and monomer. As part of the investigation, temperature profiles, monomer and initiator conversion, and the number-and weight-average molecular weights were calculated along the length of the reactor. In this paper, we shall present some of the highlights of the study.