TY - JOUR AU1 - Sheibat-Othman, Nida AU2 - Peycelon, Dominique AU3 - Egraz, Jean-Bernard AU4 - Suau, Jean-Marc AU5 - Févotte, Gilles AB - Polymerisation Processes Near infrared spectroscopy for the monitoring and control of polymerisation processes a* b b b a Nida Sheibat-Othman, Dominique Peycelon, Jean-Bernard Egraz, Jean-Marc Suau and Gilles Févotte ( LAGEP-Université Lyon I-CNRS/ESCPE, Bât 308, 43 Blvd. du 11 Nov. 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France, Coatex ZI Lyon Nord, 69727 Genay, France) Introduction Near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is now used in the petrochemical industry to monitor and control different process- es. In collaboration with the company Coatex, we have used NIR spectroscopy to monitor a polymerisation process pro- ducing water-soluble polymers. The main process parameters to be monitored in this application are the molecular weight distribution and the concentration of monomer in the reac- tor. For this particular application, the quality of the produced polymer is main- ly determined by its molecular weight. The concentration of monomer in the reactor is also an important process parameter in terms of process security and productivity. For these reasons on- line monitoring of the process turns out to be necessary. NIR spectrometry is used to perform the on-line monitoring of the polymeri- sation process. The spectrometer is cal- ibrated using the partial least squares (PLS) calibration technique applied to the NIR spectra TI - Near Infrared Spectroscopy for the Monitoring and Control of Polymerisation Processes JF - NIR News DO - 10.1255/nirn.827 DA - 2005-06-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/near-infrared-spectroscopy-for-the-monitoring-and-control-of-Grx8YyswMO SP - 8 EP - 14 VL - 16 IS - 4 DP - DeepDyve ER -