Manuk Colakyan, The Dow Chemical Company, P.O. Box 8361, South Charleston, WV 25303 and Glenn W. Baldwin, R&D, The Dow Chemical Company, P.O. Box 8361, South Charleston, WV 25303.
Various technologies available for the removal of monomers from granular polymers will be discussed. Emphasis will be given on fluidized bed operations and how to model and scale-up such contactors. Techniques for the measurement of diffusion coefficients of monomers from polymers, as well as the measurement of solubility parameters will also be presented.