Particle growth during the polymerization of olefins on supported catalysts. Part 2: current experimental understanding and modeling progresses on particle …

A Alizadeh, TFL McKenna - Macromolecular Reaction …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The morphology of the growing polymer particles is important in olefin polymerisation on
supported catalysts. It has a significant impact on the rate of mass and energy transport, and …

Slurry-phase ethylene polymerization processes: a review on multiscale modeling and simulations

AK Thakur, SK Gupta, P Chaudhari - Reviews in Chemical …, 2022 - degruyter.com
Slurry polymerization processes using Zeigler–Natta catalysts, are most widely used for the
production of polyethylene due to their several advantages over other processes. Significant …

A novel method for dynamic molecular weight distribution determination in organometallic catalyzed olefin polymerizations

M Shiri, M Parvazinia, AA Yousefi, N Bahri-Laleh… - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, a mathematical model for the time evolution of molecular weight distribution
(MWD) was developed. This temporal model is based on the well-known Ziegler–Natta …

Modeling and simulation of an industrial slurry phase ethylene polymerization reactor: effect of reactor operating variables

AK Thakur, SK Gupta, P Chaudhari - Iranian Polymer Journal, 2020 - Springer
A hierarchical and computationally efficient mathematical model was developed to explain
the polymerization of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) in an isothermal, industrial …

1-Hexene polymerization with supported Ziegler-Natta catalyst: Correlation between catalyst particle fragmentation and active center distribution

P Yang, Z Fu, Z Fan - Molecular Catalysis, 2018 - Elsevier
Hexene was polymerized with a commercial MgCl 2-supported Ziegler-Natta catalyst using
triethylaluminum as cocatalyst at different monomer/catalyst mass ratio (m hexene/m cat= 5 …

Gas-phase polymerization of propylene at low reaction rates: A precise look at catalyst fragmentation

M Emami, M Parvazinia, H Abedini - Iranian Polymer Journal, 2017 - Springer
In this work, we reported the development of a mini-reactor experimental setup for
synthesizing of polypropylene with heterogeneous Ziegler–Natta catalysts in gas-phase …

Effect of fragment size distribution on reaction rate and molecular weight distribution in heterogeneous olefin polymerization

M Nouri, M Parvazinia, H Arabi - Iranian Polymer Journal, 2015 - Springer
A one-dimensional polymeric flow model is used to study the effect of particle fragment size
and size distribution on molecular weight distribution and particularly on reaction yield in …

Computational modeling of particle fragmentation in the heterogeneous olefin polymerization

M Najafi, M Parvazinia - Macromolecular Theory and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of fragmentation rate of a catalyst/polymer particle and diffusivity ratio inside
cracks to fragments on reaction rate and molecular weight distribution are studied. A split …

A discussion on the kinetic behavior of Ziegler–Natta ethylene polymerization at early moments of the reaction via modeling

M Parvazinia - International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The gas‐phase ethylene polymerizations with SiO2‐supported Ziegler–Natta (ZN) catalyst at
early moments of reaction is modeled. The experimental data used in this work show that at …

Mathematical modeling of the effect of catalyst initial shape and the crack pattern in olefin copolymerization

M Nouri, M Parvazinia, H ARABI, M Najafi - 2015 - sid.ir
Abstract Atwo-dimensional (2D) SINGLE PARTICLE model for the COPOLYMERIZATION of
propylene-ethylene with heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalyst is developed. The model …