The measurement and control of polymerization reactors is very challenging due to the
complexity of the physical mechanisms and polymerization kinetics. In these reactors many …

Polymerization reactors usually exhibit complex nonlinear dynamic behavior because of the
complexity of the physicochemical interactions and the kinetics of the polymerization …

The interest in emulsion polymerization is strong because it offers the possibility of
producing products with special properties not easily produced by other types of …

For the control of polymerization processes, fundamental models play a very important role.
This is due to a number of reasons: the lack of available on-line sensors, the complexity of …

The available data from emulsion polymerization systems have been obtained almost
exclusively through manual, off-line analysis of monomer conversion, emulsifier …

This reference and text provides an in-depth description of developments in control
techniques and their application to polymerization reactors and offers important introductory …

Emulsion polymerization is the method of choice to produce a wide range of specialty
waterborne polymer dispersions. These are multicharacteristic products that should meet …

The increasingly aggressive global competition for the production of higher quality polymer
products at lower costs, along with a general trend away from new capital investments in the …

In order to completely master a polymerisation process, it is necessary to take a pluri-
disciplinary approach that incorporates the use of kinetic and polymer property models (eg …

The control of polymerization reactors is particularly arduous for several reasons;(a) difficulty
in specification of the control objectives;(b) high exothermicities and viscosities involved:(c) …