Process modeling and optimization of the Birla Carbon Process

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This project will establish a collaborative relationship between the Combustion Research Laboratory (CRL) at the University of**Toronto and Columbian Chemical Canada Ltd d/b/a/ Birla Carbon ("company" and/or "sponsor"). Birla Carbon is one of the largest**manufacturers and suppliers of high quality carbon black additives globally. The purpose of this new partnership will be to improve**the quality of carbon black by closely examining the impacts of mixing, temperature, residence time and fuel properties during the**manufacturing process and proposing recommendations to better control the carbon particle size distribution.**Carbon black has usage potential across an array of diverse application segments including rubber products, black pigment, UV**protection and conductivity in plastics. Carbon black performance is determined by its fundamental properties including its particle**and aggregate size, surface activity and physical form.**The objectives of this project are to develop and validate a model to predict the carbon black particle size distribution during the**production process. This will increase our understanding of how the particles evolve during the process and will be used to better**understand ways to control the process to produce the desired final product.**CRL has been researching different aspects of formation of combustion generated carbon particles both experimentally and**numerically for more than a decade. The underlying processes involving formation and growth of soot and carbon black particles**are in general identical. Therefore, this project will allow CRL the opportunity to apply our extensive experience with soot particles**to a new area of application.