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Rheokinematics for Product Development -- Formulation Screening in Rotational Rheometers
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  • Margarida Brito,
  • Joana Matos,
  • Marina Verencevic,
  • Claudio Fonte,
  • Madalena Dias,
  • José Carlos Lopes,
  • Ricardo Santos
Margarida Brito
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Corresponding Author:mbrito@fe.up.pt

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Joana Matos
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
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Marina Verencevic
Vestas Wind Systems
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Claudio Fonte
The University of Manchester
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Madalena Dias
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
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José Carlos Lopes
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia
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Ricardo Santos
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
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Abstract

Product formulations for industrial processes are typically developed at lab-scale. However, the mixing conditions are not easily mimicked in the lab. A rotational device is proposed in this work as a fast lab-scale formulation development, which enables mimicking the mixing conditions in the industrial process. The geometrical configurations of the rotational device are from rheometry devices (plate-plate and cone-plate). The main advantages of this method are the small amounts of raw materials, and shorter testing times. This methodology is applied to an industrial case study, the Reaction Injection Moulding (RIM) process. The mixing length scales evolution in the rotational rheometer were matched to those in RIM machines. The main novelty of this work is the introduction of a protocol that bridges the processing conditions at lab using small amounts of raw materials to high throughput continuous flow reactors.
22 Dec 2020Submitted to AIChE Journal
29 Dec 2020Submission Checks Completed
29 Dec 2020Assigned to Editor
29 Jan 2021Reviewer(s) Assigned
15 Jun 2021Editorial Decision: Revise Major
02 Aug 20211st Revision Received
13 Aug 2021Submission Checks Completed
13 Aug 2021Assigned to Editor
28 Oct 2021Reviewer(s) Assigned
28 Dec 2021Editorial Decision: Accept
Apr 2022Published in AIChE Journal volume 68 issue 4. 10.1002/aic.17597