1

Mixing Tank
12

Compress
2
Butadiene
Recycle
or
Polymerization Reactors (60% conversion, 510C, 1 hr)

10

Antioxida
nt
Oil

3
5

Stripper

Flash distillation (1
atm)
4

6
11

Styrene

15
14

16

18

Latex
Blend
Tank

17

20
Rotary
Vacuum
Filter

13

Cooler

21

Press

19

23

Washing
Tank

Coagulation
Tank

Rotary
Vacuum
Filter
Drier
23

ESBR

Description

Amount (kg/hr)

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12
13

Water (180 parts by weight)

Emulsifier (5 parts by weight)
Tert-dodecyl Mercaptan (0.2 parts by
weight)
Cumene Hydroperoxide (0.17 parts by
weight)
FeSO4 (0.017 parts by weight)
EDTA (0.06 parts by weight)
Total amount of other raw materials
Fresh Butadiene
Fresh Styrene
Total Butadiene in Feed (Fresh + Recycled)
Total Styrene in Feed (Fresh + Recycled)
Polymerization Product introduced to flash
tank
Shortstop
Recovered Butadiene (99.7% recovery)
Butadiene-free Latex from the Flash
Distillation Column
Steam supplied in the Stripping Column
Recovered Styrene (80% recovery)
Latex from the Stripping Column

14

Product from the latex blend tank

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

16
17

2% H2SO4
8% NaCl
Product from the coagulation tank
Product from the Rotary Vacuum Screen

18

Water supplied in the washing tank

19

Product from the washing tank

Water Drained from the Rotary Vacuum
Screen

15

20

232.825
6.467
0.259
0.22
0.022
0.078
239.871
58.206
30.882
97.01
31.132
51.533
38.804
12.729
1.716
0.25
12.479
8.822 kg liquid/kg
dry solid
41.597
12.479
66.555 kg liquid/hr
0.541 kg liquid/kg
dry solids
79.399 kg liquid/kg
dry solids

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22

23

Product from the second Rotary Vacuum

Screen
Product from the Crumb Rubber Presser
Kg liquid/kg dry solid removed from Crumb
Rubber Press
Final Product

0.655
398.246

Reference:
1
2
3

Riegel, Emil Raymond, and James Albert Kent. "Rubber." Kent and Riegel's Handbook of Industrial
Chemistry and Biotechnology. 11th ed. Vol. I & II. New York: Springer, 2007. 701.
Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber (E-SBR) (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.iisrp.com/WebPolymers/09ESBRPolymerSummaryJuly16.pdf on February 28, 2016.
CHEM-GUIDE (2010) Retrieved from http://chemguide.blogspot.com/2010/04/polymer. html on February 28,
2016.