SCI和EI收录∣中国化工学会会刊

中国化学工程学报 ›› 2022, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (6): 231-242.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2021.06.022

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Monte Carlo simulation of sequential structure control of AN-MA-IA aqueous copolymerization by different operation modes

Tong Qin1, Zhenhao Xi1, Ling Zhao1,2, Weikang Yuan1   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China;
    2 College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
  • 收稿日期:2021-04-17 修回日期:2021-05-24 出版日期:2022-06-28 发布日期:2022-07-20
  • 通讯作者: Zhenhao Xi,E-mail:zhhxi@ecust.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    The authors gratefully acknowledge the supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21878256, 21978089), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFB0302701), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (22221818010), and Programe of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities (B20031).

Monte Carlo simulation of sequential structure control of AN-MA-IA aqueous copolymerization by different operation modes

Tong Qin1, Zhenhao Xi1, Ling Zhao1,2, Weikang Yuan1   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China;
    2 College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
  • Received:2021-04-17 Revised:2021-05-24 Online:2022-06-28 Published:2022-07-20
  • Contact: Zhenhao Xi,E-mail:zhhxi@ecust.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    The authors gratefully acknowledge the supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21878256, 21978089), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFB0302701), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (22221818010), and Programe of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities (B20031).

摘要: The regulation of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) copolymer composition and sequence structure is the precondition for producing high-quality carbon fiber high quality. In this work, the sequential structure control of acrylonitrile (AN), methyl acrylate (MA) and itaconic acid (IA) aqueous copolymerization was investigated by Monte Carlo (MC) simulation. The parameters used in Monte Carlo were optimized via machine learning (ML) and genetic algorithms (GA) using the experimental data from batch copolymerization. The results reveal that it is difficult to control the aqueous copolymerization to obtain PAN copolymer with uniform sequence structure by batch polymerization with one-time feeding. By contrary, it is found that the PAN copolymer with uniform composition and sequence structure can be obtained by adjusting IA feeding quantity in each reactor of a train of five CSTRs. Hopefully, the results obtained in this work can provide valuable information for the understanding and optimization of AN copolymerization process to obtain high-quality PAN copolymer precursor.

关键词: Polyacrylonitrile, Monte Carlo simulation, Machine learning, Genetic algorithms, Sequence structure, Operation method

Abstract: The regulation of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) copolymer composition and sequence structure is the precondition for producing high-quality carbon fiber high quality. In this work, the sequential structure control of acrylonitrile (AN), methyl acrylate (MA) and itaconic acid (IA) aqueous copolymerization was investigated by Monte Carlo (MC) simulation. The parameters used in Monte Carlo were optimized via machine learning (ML) and genetic algorithms (GA) using the experimental data from batch copolymerization. The results reveal that it is difficult to control the aqueous copolymerization to obtain PAN copolymer with uniform sequence structure by batch polymerization with one-time feeding. By contrary, it is found that the PAN copolymer with uniform composition and sequence structure can be obtained by adjusting IA feeding quantity in each reactor of a train of five CSTRs. Hopefully, the results obtained in this work can provide valuable information for the understanding and optimization of AN copolymerization process to obtain high-quality PAN copolymer precursor.

Key words: Polyacrylonitrile, Monte Carlo simulation, Machine learning, Genetic algorithms, Sequence structure, Operation method