With the collaboration of Iran Polymer Society
Reaction engineering
Interplay of reversible chain transfer and comonomer incorporation reactions in coordination copolymerization of ethylene/1–hexene

Ali Ebrahimi; Saeid Ahmadjo; Mohsen Mohammadi; Mohammad-Mahdi Mortazavi; Mostafa Ahmadi

Volume 7, Issue 1 , January 2020, , Pages 1-11

https://doi.org/10.22063/poj.2019.2447.1132

Abstract
  Coordinative chain transfer polymerization (CCTP) has opened a new path for the development of novel products like olefin block copolymers and chain-end functional polyolefins. However, conflicting results are frequently reported on the catalyst performance including activity and comonomer selectivity ...  Read More

Reaction engineering
Polymerization of propylene in a minireactor: Effect of polymerization conditions on particle morphology

Mehrsa Emami; Mahmoud Parvazinia; Hossein Abedini

Volume 5, Issue 2 , June 2018, , Pages 111-123

https://doi.org/10.22063/poj.2018.2032.1107

Abstract
  Gas phase polymerization of propylene was carried out in a semi-batch minireactor using a commercially supported Ziegler–Natta (ZN) catalyst. The influence of variables including monomer partial pressure, external electron donor, reaction temperature and time on the particle morphology and size ...  Read More

Reaction engineering
Reaction dynamics during the testing of polymerization catalyst

Nickolay Ostrovskii; Ladislav Fekete

Volume 2, Issue 2 , June 2015, , Pages 89-97

https://doi.org/10.22063/poj.2015.1156

Abstract
  The olefins polymerization process in a slurry reactor is discussed. The reaction rate dynamics was analyzed and the contributions of feed flow, gas-liquid mass transfer, polymerization reaction, and catalyst deactivation were estimated. The propylene solubility in a solvent mixture “heptane” ...  Read More

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

Marzieh Nouri; Mahmoud Parvazinia; Hassan Arabi; Mohsen Najafi

Volume 2, Issue 2 , June 2015, , Pages 121-133

https://doi.org/10.22063/poj.2015.1165

Abstract
  A two-dimensional (2D) single particle model for the copolymerization of propylene-ethylene with heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalyst is developed. The model accounts for the effects of the initial shape of the catalyst and carck/ pore patterns on the copolymer composition, polymerization rate and the ...  Read More

Reaction engineering
Modelling the catalyst fragmentation pattern in relation to molecular properties and particle overheating in olefin polymerization

Mohsen Najafi; Mahmoud Parvazinia; Mir Hamid Reza Ghoreishy

Volume 1, Issue 2 , December 2014, , Pages 77-91

https://doi.org/10.22063/poj.2014.1044

Abstract
  A two-dimensional single particle finite element model was used to examine the effects of particle fragmental pattern on the average molecular weights, polymerization rate and particle overheating in heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta olefin polymerization. A two-site catalyst kinetic mechanism was employed ...  Read More