Project

Developing a multiscale modeling platform for the optimization of radical polymerization

Code
3E006312
Duration
01 October 2012 → 30 September 2018
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Catalysis and reacting systems engineering
    • Chemical product design and formulation
    • General chemical and biochemical engineering
    • Process engineering
    • Separation and membrane technologies
    • Transport phenomena
    • Other (bio)chemical engineering
    • Polymeric materials
Keywords
modelling polymerisation reaction engineering kinetics
 
Project description

A multi-scale modelling platform will be developed for radical polymerisation processes which allows to optimize existing industrial radical polymerization processes and to develop new functional polymeric materials with high tech applications.