Abstract
ABSTRACT A computer model for the development of particle size distribution in a batch reactor for the emulsion polymerisation of butyl acrylate was developed, solved and validated. Population balance model was represented by partial differential equations and these equations were solved by using the method of orthogonal collocation. The model was validated against two sets of experimental data taken from literature. The model’s reliability was demonstrated by successful simulation of the experimental data for the number of variables which included the number of particles formed at different emulsifier and initiator concentrations, the variation of conversion with time at one initiator concentration and one emulsifier concentration and number average diameter, volume average diameter at different emulsifier concentrations. The model is simpler and more accurate than the reported population balance models for this system in the literature. The simplicity is brought by studying the model in different levels of details in our earlier works.
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