Experimental study and mathematical modeling of the production of styrene-based resins and their applications in heterogeneous catalysis

• Grant number: 14/22080-9
• Support type: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: May 01, 2015 - October 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Industries
• Principal researcher: Leandro Gonçalves de Aguiar
• Grantee: Leandro Gonçalves de Aguiar
• Home Institution: Escola de Engenharia de Lorena (EEL). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Lorena , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The present research project is part of the initial workplan presented by the author at the time of his admission as a professor in the Escola de Engenharia de Lorena (EEL/USP). This project comprises research activities which are equivalent to two of the six years of the experimental period (Resolution 3533 of 06/22/1989, Chap. III, Section II) defined by the committee of work regime related to the USP professors (CERT). The proposed research project is based on the use of styrene-based resins as catalyst supports. It is intended to synthesize these resins, to modify them chemically (inclusion of active sites) and to test them in a catalyzed reaction. Special attention will be given to the mathematical modeling of the production process of this material. The resins will be produced through the technique of aqueous suspension polymerization and then they will be sulfonated and tested in reactions such as esterification, etherifications and transesterifications. The mathematical model will be based on molar balances, method of moments, numerical fractionation and on simplifying hypotheses such as pseudo-steady state for radicals. The system of differential equations resulting from this approach will be solved by numerical integration through algorithms available in the MATLAB®. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SILVA-RACKOV, CELYNA K. O.; SILVA, SILVIA S. O.; SOUZA, ALESSANDRA R.; AGUIAR, LEANDRO G.; SILVA, DANNIELLE J.; VIANNA, MARILDA M. G. R.; NASCIMENTO, CLAUDIO A. O.; CHIAVONE-FILHO, OSVALDO. A comparative study of persulfate activation by iron-modified diatomite and traditional processes for the treatment of 17 alpha-ethinylestradiol in water. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY, MAR 2020. Web of Science Citations: 0.

PENARIOL, J. L.; THEODORO, T. R.; DIAS, J. R.; CARPEGIANI, J. A.; AGUIAR, L. G. Application of a Sulfonated Styrene-(Ethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate) Resin as Catalyst. KINETICS AND CATALYSIS, v. 60, n. 5, p. 650-653, SEP 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

SILVA, V. F. L.; PENARIOL, J. L.; DIAS, J. R.; THEODORO, T. R.; CARPEGIANI, J. A.; AGUIAR, L. G. Sulfonated Styrene-Dimethacrylate Resins with Improved Catalytic Activity. KINETICS AND CATALYSIS, v. 60, n. 5, p. 654-660, SEP 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

THEODORO, THIAGO R.; DIAS, JOSLAINE R.; PENARIOL, JULIA L.; MOURA, JULIANA O. V.; AGUIAR, LEANDRO G. Sulfonated poly (styrene-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) with attractive ion exchange capacity. POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, v. 29, n. 11, p. 2759-2765, NOV 2018. Web of Science Citations: 2.

AGUIAR, LEANDRO G.; MOURA, JULIANA O. V.; THEODORO, THIAGO R.; NETO, TURIBIO G. S.; LOPES, VINICIUS M. P.; DIAS, JOSLAINE R. Prediction of resin textural properties by vinyl/divinyl copolymerization modeling. Polymer, v. 129, p. 21-31, OCT 27 2017. Web of Science Citations: 1.

SILVA-RACKOV, CELYNA K. O.; AGUIAR, LEANDRO G.; SOUZA, ALESSANDRA R.; SILVA, SILVIA S. O.; CAMARA, ALAN G.; VIANNA, MARILDA M. G. R.; FOLETTO, EDSON L.; NASCIMENTO, CLAUDIO A. O.; CHIAVONE-FILHO, OSVALDO. Remediation of Phenanthrene-Contaminated Soil by Persulfate Activated with Fe-Modified Diatomite: Kinetic and Statistical Approaches. WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION, v. 228, n. 8 AUG 2017. Web of Science Citations: 2.

SILVA, H. A.; AGUIAR, L. G. Mathematical modeling of heterogeneous catalysis involving polymer-supported catalysts. KINETICS AND CATALYSIS, v. 58, n. 2, p. 211-217, MAR 2017. Web of Science Citations: 1.

AGUIAR, LEANDRO G. Mathematical Modeling of the Internal Surface Area of Copolymer Particles Based on Elementary Gel Structures. MACROMOLECULAR REACTION ENGINEERING, v. 10, n. 6, p. 588-599, DEC 2016. Web of Science Citations: 1.

AGUIAR, LEANDRO G. Styrene-dimethacrylate copolymerization kinetic modeling. Polymer International, v. 65, n. 1, p. 142-151, JAN 2016. Web of Science Citations: 1.

AGUIAR, LEANDRO G.; SOUZA, ESMAR F.; GIUDICI, REINALDO. Kinetic modeling of the copolymerization of acrylic acid and trimethylolpropane triacrylate over pre and post-gelation periods. EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL, v. 74, p. 264-278, JAN 2016. Web of Science Citations: 2.