SCI和EI收录∣中国化工学会会刊

中国化学工程学报 ›› 2022, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (10): 3-11.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2022.08.015

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Progress of polymer reaction engineering: From process engineering to product engineering

Pingwei Liu1,2, Jigang Du1,2, Yuting Ma1,2, Qingyue Wang2, Khak Ho Lim2, Bo-Geng Li1,2   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China;
    2 Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, Quzhou 324000, China
  • 收稿日期:2022-04-21 修回日期:2022-08-22 出版日期:2022-10-28 发布日期:2023-01-04
  • 通讯作者: Bo-Geng Li,E-mail:bgli@zju.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    The authors thank the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21938010, 21536011, 51903218, 22078289, 22078282, and 2197080461), Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (LR20B060002), Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou (IZQ2019-KJ-010, IZQ2019-KJ-015, and IZQ2020-KJ-2015), and the Chinese State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering at Zhejiang University (SKL-ChE-20T04 and SKL-ChE-19T03).

Progress of polymer reaction engineering: From process engineering to product engineering

Pingwei Liu1,2, Jigang Du1,2, Yuting Ma1,2, Qingyue Wang2, Khak Ho Lim2, Bo-Geng Li1,2   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China;
    2 Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, Quzhou 324000, China
  • Received:2022-04-21 Revised:2022-08-22 Online:2022-10-28 Published:2023-01-04
  • Contact: Bo-Geng Li,E-mail:bgli@zju.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    The authors thank the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21938010, 21536011, 51903218, 22078289, 22078282, and 2197080461), Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (LR20B060002), Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou (IZQ2019-KJ-010, IZQ2019-KJ-015, and IZQ2020-KJ-2015), and the Chinese State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering at Zhejiang University (SKL-ChE-20T04 and SKL-ChE-19T03).

摘要: Polymer reaction engineering studies the design, operation, and optimization of reactors for industrial scale polymerization, based on the theory of polymerization kinetics and transfer processes (e.g., flow, heat and mass transfer). Although the foundation and development of this discipline are less than 80 years, the global production of polymers has exceeded 400 million tons per annum. It demonstrates that polymer reaction engineering is of vital importance to the polymer industry. Along with the maturity of production processes and market saturation for bulk polymers, emerging industries such as information technology, modern transportation, biomedicine, and new energy have continued to develop. As a result, the research objective for polymer reaction engineering has gradually shifted from maximizing the efficiency of the polymerization process to the precise regulation of high-end product-oriented macromolecules and their aggregation structures, i.e., from polymer process engineering to polymer product engineering. In this review, the frontiers of polymer reaction engineering are introduced, including the precise regulation of polymer chain structure, the control of primary aggregation structure, and the rational design of polymer products. We narrow down the topic to the polymerization reaction engineering of vinyl monomers. Moreover, the future prospects are provided for the field of polymer reaction engineering.

关键词: Controlled polymerization, Polymer chain structure, Primary aggregation structure, Rational design, Numerical control manufacturing

Abstract: Polymer reaction engineering studies the design, operation, and optimization of reactors for industrial scale polymerization, based on the theory of polymerization kinetics and transfer processes (e.g., flow, heat and mass transfer). Although the foundation and development of this discipline are less than 80 years, the global production of polymers has exceeded 400 million tons per annum. It demonstrates that polymer reaction engineering is of vital importance to the polymer industry. Along with the maturity of production processes and market saturation for bulk polymers, emerging industries such as information technology, modern transportation, biomedicine, and new energy have continued to develop. As a result, the research objective for polymer reaction engineering has gradually shifted from maximizing the efficiency of the polymerization process to the precise regulation of high-end product-oriented macromolecules and their aggregation structures, i.e., from polymer process engineering to polymer product engineering. In this review, the frontiers of polymer reaction engineering are introduced, including the precise regulation of polymer chain structure, the control of primary aggregation structure, and the rational design of polymer products. We narrow down the topic to the polymerization reaction engineering of vinyl monomers. Moreover, the future prospects are provided for the field of polymer reaction engineering.

Key words: Controlled polymerization, Polymer chain structure, Primary aggregation structure, Rational design, Numerical control manufacturing