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Polyester Reactors

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Reaction Engineering of Step Growth Polymerization

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Polyesters are produced either as saturated or unsaturated polyesters. Among the saturated polyesters, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is produced in the largest quantity, and in view of its commercial importance, a major portion of this chapter is devoted to the design of PET reactors. An unsaturated polyester resin usually consists of a polymerizable ethylenic monomer and a polyester prepared from a glycol and a dibasic acid or an anhydride. In the following, the engineering aspects of PET formation are considered first.

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Gupta, S.K., Kumar, A. (1987). Polyester Reactors. In: Reaction Engineering of Step Growth Polymerization. The Plenum Chemical Engineering Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1801-9_8

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