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Novel approaches to improve the particle size distribution prediction of a classical emulsion polymerization model

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In this paper, a possibly size dependent stochastic term is added to the deterministic growth kernel to account for the inhomogeneities of the growth process, and the growth kernel is extracted from the characteristics of the transient experimental particle size distributions.
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This article is published in Chemical Engineering Science.The article was published on 2013-01-25. It has received 16 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Fokker–Planck equation & Stochastic differential equation.

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Particle by Particle Kinetic Monte Carlo Tracking of Reaction and Mass Transfer Events in Miniemulsion Free Radical Polymerization

TL;DR: In this article, it is demonstrated that the kinetics need to be followed particle by particle while acknowledging the difference in radical and monomer concentration per particle, in contrast to the conventional Smith-Ewart methodology.
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Is Modeling the PSD in Emulsion Polymerization a Finished Problem? An Overview

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors point out that modeling of emulsion polymerization processes is not a "solved problem" or that it is no longer necessary to perform fundamental research in this area.
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Experimental validation of a mathematical model for the evolution of the particle morphology of waterborne polymer-polymer hybrids: Paving the way to the design and implementation of optimal polymerization strategies

TL;DR: In this article, a model to predict the evolution of particle morphology during seeded semibatch emulsion polymerization process was evaluated, and the model captured well the effect of process variables on particle morphology, opening the way to the design and implementation of optimal strategies.
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Poly(glycidyl methacrylate-POSS)- co -poly(methyl methacrylate) latex by epoxide opening reaction and emulsion polymerization

TL;DR: In this article, a novel latex of P(GMA-POSS)-co-PMMA is synthesized for coatings by glycidyl methacrylate polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (GMA)-POSS) and MMM.
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A qualitative comparison between population balances and stochastic models for non-isothermal antisolvent crystallization processes

TL;DR: The goal of the present work is to model the crystal growth processes mediated by both antisolvent feed and temperature variations through the time evolution of the Particle Size Distribution (PSD) by exploiting two different approaches.
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An improved weighted essentially non-oscillatory scheme for hyperbolic conservation laws

TL;DR: An improved version of the classical fifth-order weighted essentially non-oscillatory finite difference scheme of WENO-JS for hyperbolic conservation laws is developed, with a 25% reduction in CPU costs, since no mapping is necessary.
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Population Balances: Theory and Applications to Particulate Systems in Engineering

TL;DR: The Framework of Population Balances as discussed by the authors is a generalization of Population Balance Equations (PBE) and the solution of population balance equations (SBE) for the same purpose.
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Emulsion polymerization : a mechanistic approach

TL;DR: In this article, the Smith-Ewart equation chain-length-dependent kinetics of particle growth is described and a roadmap for modelling particle growth conclusions is provided. And the particle size distributions are discussed.
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On the solution of population balance equations by discretization - III. Nucleation, growth and aggregation of particles

TL;DR: In this paper, a new discretization method for solving population balance equations for simultaneous nucleation, growth and aggregation of particles is proposed, which combines the best features of the discretisation technique (Kumar and Ramkrishna, 1996, Chem. Engng. 51, 1311-1337), i.e., designing discrete equations to obtain desired properties of a size distribution directly, applicability to an arbitrary grid to control resolution and computational efficiency, with the method of characteristics to offer a technique which is very general, powerful and overcomes the crucial problems of numerical
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