Process modeling and optimization of the Birla Carbon Process

该项目将在**多伦多大学燃烧研究实验室(CRL)和加拿大哥伦布化学有限公司d/b/a/Birla Carbon(“公司”和/或“赞助商”)之间建立合作关系。Birla Carbon是全球最大的高品质炭黑添加剂制造商和供应商之一。这一新伙伴关系的目的将是通过密切检查**制造过程中混合、温度、停留时间和燃料性质的影响，并提出更好地控制碳粒尺寸分布的建议，来提高**炭黑的质量。**炭黑在一系列不同的应用领域具有使用潜力，包括橡胶产品、黑色颜料、紫外线防护和塑料中的导电性。炭黑的性能由其基本性质决定，包括其颗粒**和聚集体大小、表面活性和物理形态。**本项目的目标是开发和验证一个模型来预测**生产过程中的炭黑颗粒尺寸分布。这将增加我们对颗粒在过程中如何演变的理解，并将被用来更好地**理解控制过程以产生所需最终产品的方法。**CRL十多年来一直在通过实验和**数值研究燃烧产生的碳颗粒形成的不同方面。涉及煤烟和碳黑颗粒的形成和生长的基本过程**大体上是相同的。因此，该项目将使CRL有机会将我们在烟尘颗粒方面的丰富经验**应用到一个新的应用领域。

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.