Molecular weight control of poly(ethylene terephthalate) in extrusion process

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2014-02-01

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Ozbek, M. Olus
Bayram, Göknur
Özgen, Canan

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A control strategy is developed to control molecular weight of recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate), PET, to overcome its degradation through an extrusion process. To obtain dynamic model of a twin screw extruder, steady-state, and unsteady-state experiments were performed. Discrete convolution models between inputs and outputs were obtained. Process inputs were considered as screw speed (SS), feed rate, and barrel temperatures and the output was viscosity average molecular weight (M-v) of the extrudate. SS and molecular weight of the product were chosen as the manipulated, controlled variable pair by considering singular value decomposition (SVD) technique. Model based PID controller and model predictive controller were used in the designed control scheme. By the simulation studies, both controllers were found to be successful for set-point tracking, disturbance rejection cases; and were proven to be robust under modeling errors. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 54:459-465, 2014. (c) 2013 Society of Plastics Engineers

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Twin-screw extruder, Reactive-extrusion;, Recycled poly(ethylene-terephthalate), Polypropylene degradation, Polymer extrusion, Feedback-control, Computer control, Chain extension, Ldpe

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/30360

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