Abstract
A model of slurry polymerization of ethylene in a multistage continuous stirred-tank reactor (CSTR) was developed in order to find the effect of stagewise variation of parameters on polymer polydispersity and rate of polymerization. Higbie's penetration theory has been used to calculate monomer absorption rate in the presence of micron-sized single site type catalyst in slurry phase. The residence time distribution of the growing polymer particles in an ideal CSTR was modelled by a relaxation-type unsteady state approach. The effect of gas-liquid mass transfer limitations on polymer properties is predicted for various reactor configurations. An analysis of various possible configurations of two-stage CSTR with stagewise variation of the partial pressures of ethylene and/or hydrogen has been made.
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