Process to Mitigate Unwanted Formation of Popcorn Polymers Using Acoustic Emission Signals

• Main Author: Thoret Bauchet, Jean-Pierre
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 31.01.2019
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMISTRY; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; SEPARATION; TESTING; TRANSPORTING

Process to monitor unwanted formation of a polymer, having internal mechanical strain, wherein said formation of polymer generates acoustic emissions due to the sudden break of the polymer, wherein the number of said acoustic emissions increases over time when there is formation of said unwanted pol...