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Forschung/Research

Polymer Reaction Engineering

Reaction engineering of polymerization reactions

• reaction and process kinetics
• mass and heat transfer
• process development
• scale up

in close cooperation with the Fraunhofer Polymer Pilot Plant Center   

Modelling and Simulation of

• polymerization reactors and processes including polymer characteristics
• optimization and parameter estimation

Software available

• Aspen Plus
• gPROMS
• Predici

Laboratory Equipment

Calorimeter

High precision reaction calorimeter

V_max = 250 ml
p_max = 100 bar
_Tmax = 200 °C

High pressure stirred tank reactor

Slurry  and gasphase PE
Online FTIR and micro GC

V = 1,9 l
p_max =  100 bar
T_max = 250 °C

Horizontal stirred tank reactor

Gasphase PP and PE/PP copolymerization
Online micro GC

V = 5 l
p_max = 40 bar
T_max = 120 °C

High pressure sorption balance

High pressure sorption balance

Measurement of sorption equilibrium and effectiv mass transfer data

p_max = 100 bar
T_max = 100 °C

Casade

Casade of three 1l stirred tank reactors

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