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）和哥伦比亚化学加拿大有限公司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。这一新的合作伙伴关系的目的是通过仔细检查混合、温度、停留时间和制造过程中燃料特性的影响来提高炭黑的质量，并提出建议，以更好地控制碳粒度分布。**炭黑在一系列不同的应用领域具有使用潜力，包括橡胶制品，黑色颜料，紫外线防护和塑料的导电性。炭黑的性能是由它的基本性质决定的，包括它的颗粒和骨料大小、表面活性和物理形态。这个项目的目标是开发和验证一个模型来预测生产过程中炭黑的粒度分布。这将增加我们对颗粒在过程中如何演变的理解，并将用于更好地理解控制过程以产生所需最终产品的方法。十多年来，CRL一直在实验和数值上研究燃烧产生的碳颗粒形成的不同方面。烟灰和炭黑颗粒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**应用于一个新的应用领域。

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.