Emulsion Polymerization Reactors

Vincent Gomes is an Associate Professor at the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering of the University of Sydney. Having obtained his MEng and PhD degrees from McGill University, Canada, he spent most of his academic career in the field of polymers and polymer reaction engineering. Dr. Gomes has authored over 100 scientific publications and has received numerous awards, including the Brodie Medal (IChemE/IEAust) in Chemical Engineering. He has delivered several industrial courses and a number of invited and keynote lectures in his area of expertise.

INTRODUCTION Process Products Properties Applications CHEMISTRY AND KINETICS Review of Free Radical Emulsion Polymerization Elementary Chemical Reactions Nucleation Mechanisms Reaction Kinetics Kinetic Effects Multi-monomer Polymerization MATHEMATICAL MODELLING Reactor Models Population Balance Equations Reactor Performance Computational Fluid Dynamics SENSORS AND PROCESS MONITORING Measuring Devices and Sensors Soft Sensors Process Monitoring Quality Prediction PROCESS CONTROL AND OPTIMAL OPERATION Data Acquisition and Control Environment Process Control Statistical Analysis and Process Diagnosis Hierarchical Monitoring and Supervisory Control Knowledge-based Monitoring and Process Diagnostics Statistically-enhanced Expert System CASE STUDIES Homopolymerization Copolymerization Terpolymerization