Prediction of the full molecular weight distribution in raft polymerization using probability generating functions

FORTUNATTI, CECILIA; SARMORIA, CLAUDIA; BRANDOLIN, ADRIANA; ASTEASUAIN, MARIANO

Computer Aided Chemical Engineering

Elsevier B.V.

Año: 2013 vol. 32 p. 859 - 864

1570-7946

In this work, a model for the RAFT polymerization was developed in order to obtain the full molecular weight distribution (MWD) using probability generating functions (pgf). For comparison purposes, the population balances were solved by direct integration of the resulting equations. Our results show that the pgf technique allows obtaining an accurate solution while drastically reducing the required computational time. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.