EVALUATION OF EMULSION POLYMERISATION KINETICS USING A NON-LINEAR STATE ESTIMATOR
Résumé
he use of adaptive calorimetric state estimators allows one to accurately follow the evolution of monomer compostion in an emulsion co- and ter-polymerisation reactor. In addition, the non-linear estimator tested in the current work can provide useful information on the evolution of a lumped kinetic parameter Np. This information can be used on-line to detect particle nucleation, or combined with off-line measurements of Np to study the evolution of nbar.