(92d) The Effects Of Depropagation And Equilibrium Limitations On Polymerization Reactor Behavior

Many important condensation polymerizations routinely operate under conditions where depolymerization and equilibrium limitations affect the reactor behavior. The choice of reactor configurations and reaction conditions are greatly influenced by these phenenomena. By contrast, most addition polymerizations operate far from kinetic equilibrium and are routinely assumed to be irreversible. However, sometimes efforts to achieve higher process efficiency suggest process designs operating close to equilibrium so that reversibility of the kinetics must be considered. In this talk some effects of operating addition polymerization reactors close to equilibrium will be discussed.