The unique geometry of screw extruders allows handling very viscous media; thus, they can
be used as continuous reactors to conduct polymerization reactions without using any …

Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is a common tool for determining, both
qualitatively and quantitatively, the chemical composition of a material in the solid, liquid, or …

The care of safety and environment is nowadays an essential aspect in the conduction of
every kind of factory. A decisive contribution to these aspects is given by the conversion from …

Due to the character of nonlinearity, uncertainties, time delays and so on in the industrial
reactors, the performance of proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control cannot always …

The European project F3 Factory aims at designing small to medium scale plants consisting
of standardized container assemblies for delocalized production of various chemicals …

Acrylic acid free radical polymerization in aqueous solution was studied using a new
experimental setup coupling Raman spectroscopy and flow rheology in a Couette-like …

Dynamic model development and control of an existing operating industrial continuous bulk
free radical styrene polymerization process are carried out to evaluate the performance of …

A comprehensive model was developed using the method of moments to describe the atom
transfer radical copolymerization (ATRcoP) of methyl methacrylate and 2‐(trimethylsilyl) …

The polymeric industry has been exhibiting remarkable economic growth, in recent years
due to increasing product demand. Just like other processes with remarkable development …

Batch solution polymerization of styrene was investigated using seven solvents, namely
acetone, chloroform, benzene, toluene, acetonitrile, ethyl acetate, and dimethyl sulphoxide …