Abstract
A pilot-scale fluidized bed reactor was built and used to study and gain a better understanding of the propylene polymerization process at conditions similar to those of industrial fluidized-bed reactors. Propylene polymerization reaction was carried out continuously in the reactor and dynamic temperatures, and propylene and hydrogen concentrations data were collected. Simulated dynamic profiles of the two-phase model and the well-mixed model were compared with the actual plant data. It was found that predictions of the two-phase model were in better agreement with the pilot plant data at typical industrial operating conditions. This agreement is due to the realistic assumptions of the two-phase model as compared to the well-mixed model. The maximum deviations between the pilot plant data and the two-phase model prediction for the propylene, hydrogen concentrations, reactor temperature, and polypropylene production rate were about 3.4 mol %, 0.15 mol %, 2.4°C, and 0.8 g/s, respectively.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 8694-8705 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 21 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 28 2014 |
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Experimental and modeling analysis of propylene polymerization in a pilot-scale fluidized bed reactor. / Shamiri, Ahmad; Hussain, M. A.; Mjalli, Farouq Sabri; Shafeeyan, Mohammad Saleh; Mostoufi, Navid.
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T1 - Experimental and modeling analysis of propylene polymerization in a pilot-scale fluidized bed reactor
AU - Shamiri, Ahmad
AU - Hussain, M. A.
AU - Mjalli, Farouq Sabri
AU - Shafeeyan, Mohammad Saleh
AU - Mostoufi, Navid
PY - 2014/5/28
Y1 - 2014/5/28
N2 - A pilot-scale fluidized bed reactor was built and used to study and gain a better understanding of the propylene polymerization process at conditions similar to those of industrial fluidized-bed reactors. Propylene polymerization reaction was carried out continuously in the reactor and dynamic temperatures, and propylene and hydrogen concentrations data were collected. Simulated dynamic profiles of the two-phase model and the well-mixed model were compared with the actual plant data. It was found that predictions of the two-phase model were in better agreement with the pilot plant data at typical industrial operating conditions. This agreement is due to the realistic assumptions of the two-phase model as compared to the well-mixed model. The maximum deviations between the pilot plant data and the two-phase model prediction for the propylene, hydrogen concentrations, reactor temperature, and polypropylene production rate were about 3.4 mol %, 0.15 mol %, 2.4°C, and 0.8 g/s, respectively.
AB - A pilot-scale fluidized bed reactor was built and used to study and gain a better understanding of the propylene polymerization process at conditions similar to those of industrial fluidized-bed reactors. Propylene polymerization reaction was carried out continuously in the reactor and dynamic temperatures, and propylene and hydrogen concentrations data were collected. Simulated dynamic profiles of the two-phase model and the well-mixed model were compared with the actual plant data. It was found that predictions of the two-phase model were in better agreement with the pilot plant data at typical industrial operating conditions. This agreement is due to the realistic assumptions of the two-phase model as compared to the well-mixed model. The maximum deviations between the pilot plant data and the two-phase model prediction for the propylene, hydrogen concentrations, reactor temperature, and polypropylene production rate were about 3.4 mol %, 0.15 mol %, 2.4°C, and 0.8 g/s, respectively.
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