WO2011125980A1 - メタクリル系重合体を製造する装置および製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an apparatus for producing a methacrylic polymer and a production method using the apparatus.
- the method of producing a methacrylic polymer by bulk polymerization is superior in productivity to batch type suspension polymerization, and does not require an auxiliary agent such as a dispersant, so that the obtained polymer is very transparent. It is excellent, the separation of the reaction solvent is not necessary compared with solution polymerization, the polymer obtained because the residual solvent does not exist in the polymer after devolatilization, the transparency is very excellent, Furthermore, since a very small amount of polymerization initiator is supplied to the reaction zone, there is an advantage that a polymer having excellent thermal decomposition resistance can be obtained.
- Patent Document 1 a polymerization initiator is further added to the reaction liquid extracted from the complete mixing type reactor when the polymerization is performed using the complete mixing type reactor and the tubular reactor subsequently arranged.
- a method for improving the polymerization rate by performing a polymerization reaction in a tubular reactor is described.
- the polymerization reaction of methacrylic monomers is dominated by an equilibrium reaction.
- depolymerization of the polymer occurs and it is difficult to increase the polymerization rate.
- the solution is sent to the tube reactor and the polymerization temperature in the tube reactor is lowered.
- the viscosity of the reaction solution in the vicinity of the inner wall of the type reactor is increased, a residence portion is generated, and the temperature of the residence portion is lowered, so that the half-life of the initiator is increased.
- the gist of the present invention is an apparatus for producing a methacrylic polymer having a fully mixed reactor, a plurality of tubular reactors connected in series, and a devolatilizer.
- the apparatus for producing a methacrylic polymer at least two of the plurality of tubular reactors are connected via a cooling device for cooling the reaction solution.
- the gist of the present invention is a method for producing a methacrylic polymer using the above-mentioned apparatus, wherein the methacrylic monomer mixture is polymerized in a complete mixing type reactor at a polymerization temperature of 110 to 170 ° C. and a polymerization rate of 35 to 55. % Polymerization step, after adding a polymerization initiator to the reaction solution obtained in the previous step, in the first tubular reactor, at a outlet temperature of 140 to 180 ° C. and at a polymerization rate of 55 to 70%, The reaction solution obtained in the step is cooled to 85 to 140 ° C.
- a polymerization initiator is added to the cooled reaction solution, and the outlet temperature is 150 to 180 ° C. and the polymerization rate is 70 in a second tubular reactor.
- a method for producing a methacrylic polymer having a step of polymerizing at ⁇ 85% and a step of removing volatile components from the reaction solution obtained in the previous step by a volatile component removing apparatus.
- the apparatus of the present invention makes it possible to increase the polymerization rate of the reaction solution before removing the solvent with the volatile content removing apparatus, and the amount of heat, time, etc. required for the volatile content removing apparatus can be reduced. Productivity is improved. In addition, since the time during which the reaction solution is exposed to high temperature is reduced, the formation of dimers in the methacrylic polymer can be suppressed, and the quality is improved.
- the apparatus for producing a methacrylic polymer of the present invention comprises a complete mixing reactor 11, a plurality of tubular reactors 12, 13 connected via a cooling device 15 for cooling the reaction solution, and a volatile component removing device 14. Is done.
- the reaction liquid obtained by polymerizing the methacrylic monomer mixture in the complete mixing reactor 11 is polymerized in the tubular reactor 12, then cooled in the cooling device 15, and again in the tubular reactor 13.
- the polymerization reaction is carried out. From the obtained reaction solution, the solvent is removed by the volatile matter removing device 14 to obtain a methacrylic polymer.
- the polymerization initiator charging devices 21 and 22 provided with the static mixer on the reaction liquid inlet side of the tubular reactors 12 and 13. Thereby, it becomes easy to mix a polymerization initiator in a reaction liquid uniformly.
- a pump for feeding the reaction solution to the tubular reactor 12 is provided between the complete mixing reactor 11 and the tubular reactor 12.
- a commercially available gear pump can be used as the pump.
- a tank reactor equipped with a supply port, a discharge port and a stirring device can be used, and the stirring device preferably has mixing performance over the entire reaction zone.
- the temperature in the reactor can be controlled by a known method.
- a method such as heat transfer heat removal or heating by circulating a heat medium to a jacket outside the reactor, a draft tube or a coil installed in the reactor, or the like can be employed.
- the tubular reactors 12 and 13 are preferably plug flow reactors, and more preferably jacketed tubular reactors equipped with a static mixer. If the static mixer is installed, the reaction can be made uniform and the flow of the reaction liquid can be stabilized by the stirring effect.
- the tubular reactors 12 and 13 can be used as a plurality of tubular reactor groups due to equipment limitations. Therefore, the tubular reactors 12 and 13 described here may be single or plural.
- static mixer a static mixer manufactured by Noritake Co., Ltd. and a through the mixer manufactured by Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. are suitable.
- a static mixer it is preferable to use a static mixer with a small pressure loss.
- a reactor is used by connecting a plurality of reactors in series.
- cooling device 15 that cools the reaction liquid
- examples of the cooling device 15 that cools the reaction liquid include a multi-tube cooler, a double-tube heat exchanger, a coil cooler, and a plate cooler. It is preferable to use a vessel. A plurality of coolers may be connected in series.
- the tubular reactors 12 and 13 are connected by a cooling device 15.
- the same effect can be obtained when one of the ends of the plurality of tubular reactors connected in series with the complete mixing reactor 11 is connected by the cooling device 15.
- the temperature of the reaction solution is lowered by the cooling device 15, and the reaction solution having a low temperature is sent to the tubular reactor 13. 13, it is not necessary to lower the temperature of the reaction solution, so that the stagnation occurs in the tubular reactor 13, and the polymerization can be performed without causing the reactor to be clogged. Can be improved.
- the volatile component removal apparatus 14 can use a screw type devolatilization extrusion apparatus.
- a screw-type devolatilization extrusion apparatus generally has a cylinder having a reaction liquid supply port, a polymer outlet, and a volatile component outlet (vent), and a screw disposed in the cylinder.
- the rear volatile component outlet, the reaction liquid supply port, the fore volatile component outlet, and the polymer outlet are preferably arranged from the screw drive unit side toward the tip side.
- the reaction liquid supplied from the reaction liquid supply port releases the amount of heat stored as latent heat at the reaction liquid supply port, so that the volatile components are flash evaporated.
- the inner wall of the cylinder and the screw surface with a metal other than iron such as chromium or titanium.
- the coating method is not particularly limited, and chrome plating is generally used, but CVD (chemical vapor deposition) and PVD (physical vapor deposition) are preferable in order to increase the adhesion of the coating film.
- the apparatus of the present invention is suitable for the production of a homopolymer of methyl methacrylate or a copolymer containing 80% by mass or more of methyl methacrylate units and 20% by mass or less of alkyl (meth) acrylate (excluding methyl methacrylate) units. Preferably applied.
- alkyl (meth) acrylate means alkyl acrylate or alkyl methacrylate.
- the alkyl acrylate preferably has an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms.
- an alkyl acrylate having an alkyl group such as methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl, 2-ethylhexyl, dodecyl, stearyl, etc. Is mentioned.
- the alkyl methacrylate preferably has an alkyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, and examples thereof include alkyl methacrylate having an alkyl group such as ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl, 2-ethylhexyl, dodecyl, stearyl and the like. It is done.
- Alkyl (meth) acrylate (excluding methyl methacrylate) may be used in combination of two or more. In addition, you may use together 1 or more types of alkyl acrylate, and 1 or more types of alkyl methacrylate except methyl methacrylate.
- these methacrylic monomers are polymerized in the complete mixing reactor 11 using a polymerization initiator.
- polymerization initiator examples include tert-butyl peroxy-3,5,5-trimethylhexanate, tert-butyl peroxylaurate, tert-butyl peroxyisopropyl monocarbonate, tert-hexyl peroxyisopropyl monocarbonate, tert- Butyl peroxyacetate, 1,1-bis (tert-butylperoxy) 3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane, 1,1-bis (tert-butylperoxy) cyclohexane, tert-butylperoxy 2-ethylhexanate Tert-butylperoxyisobutyrate, tert-hexyl-hexylperoxy 2-ethylhexanate, di-tert-butyl peroxide, 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-bis (tert-butylperoxy) Organic peroxides such as Sun; 2- (carbamoylazo) -isobutan
- a chain transfer agent may be used for adjusting the molecular weight.
- a mercaptan compound is preferably used as the chain transfer agent.
- Examples of mercaptan compounds include primary, secondary or primary alkyl groups or substituted alkyl groups such as n-butyl, isobutyl, n-octyl, n-dodecyl, sec-butyl, sec-dodecyl, tert-butyl mercaptan, etc.
- Tertiary mercaptans Tertiary mercaptans; aromatic mercaptans such as phenyl mercaptan, thiocresol, 4-tert-butyl-O-thiocresol; thioglycolic acid and esters thereof; mercaptans having 3 to 18 carbon atoms such as ethylenethioglycol.
- Two or more chain transfer agents may be used in combination.
- the ratio (polymerization rate) of the polymer in the reaction liquid which is a mixture of the polymer and unreacted monomers in the complete mixing reactor 11 is preferably 35 to 55%, more preferably 40 to 55%. If the polymerization rate is 35% or more, the polymerization rate of the reaction solution before removing the solvent with the volatile removal device can be made 70% or more, and the amount of heat, time, etc. required for the volatile removal device can be reduced. . When the polymerization rate is 55% or less, mixing and heat transfer are sufficiently achieved, and stable polymerization is possible.
- the polymerization temperature in the complete mixing reactor 11 is preferably 110 to 170 ° C. If it is this range, a polymerization rate can be stably 35% or more.
- the average residence time in the complete mixing reactor 11 is preferably in the range of 1 to 6 hours.
- Step of adding a polymerization initiator to the reaction solution obtained in the previous step, followed by polymerization at an outlet temperature of 140 to 180 ° C. in the first tubular reactor The reaction liquid obtained by carrying out the polymerization in the complete mixing reactor 11 is further fed with a polymerization initiator, and then sent to the first tubular reactor 12 where the polymerization is carried out in the tubular reactor 12.
- the same initiator as that used in the complete mixing reactor can be used.
- a method for adding a polymerization initiator to the reaction solution it is preferable to uniformly mix with a polymerization initiator charging device 21 provided with a static mixer.
- the polymerization rate is preferably 55 to 70%, and more preferably 60 to 70%. If the polymerization rate is 55 to 70%, the polymerization rate of the reaction solution before the solvent is removed by the devolatilizer can be 70 to 85%.
- the inlet temperature of the tubular reactor 12 is preferably 120 to 140 ° C., and the outlet temperature is preferably 140 to 180 ° C.
- Step of cooling the reaction solution obtained in the previous step to 85 to 140 ° C. The reaction solution obtained by polymerization in the tubular reactor 12 is sent to the cooling device 15.
- the cooling device 15 it is preferable to cool the temperature of the reaction solution obtained by polymerization in the tubular reactor 12 to 85 to 140 ° C.
- the temperature of the reaction solution obtained by polymerization in the tubular reactor 12 it is preferable to cool the temperature of the reaction solution obtained by polymerization in the tubular reactor 12 to 85 to 140 ° C.
- liquidity of a reaction liquid is ensured and the inside of piping can be transferred smoothly.
- the temperature of the reaction solution to 140 ° C. or lower, the reaction temperature in the tubular reactor 13 can be lowered, and the polymerization rate can be improved.
- the reaction liquid obtained by polymerization in the tubular reactor 12 does not contain an initiator, so the piping of the cooling device 15 is not blocked.
- the initiator concentration in the reaction solution obtained in the tubular reactor 12 is in the range of 0.01 ppm to 5 ppm, the problem of blocking the piping does not occur. If the polymerization initiator concentration of the reactant entering the cooling device is too high, the viscosity of the reaction solution near the inner wall of the cooling pipe increases as in the above-mentioned phenomenon, a stagnant portion may occur, and the cooling device may be blocked. .
- Step of adding a polymerization initiator to the cooled reaction liquid and polymerizing at a outlet temperature of 150 to 180 ° C. in a second tubular reactor The reaction solution cooled by the apparatus 15 is added with a polymerization initiator again, and then subjected to a polymerization reaction in the second tubular reactor 13.
- the same initiator as that used in the tubular reactor 12 can be used.
- the polymerization initiator used in the tubular reactor 13 is A high temperature decomposition type polymerization initiator having a longer half-life than the polymerization initiator of the tubular reactor 12 is preferable.
- the polymerization rate is preferably 70 to 85%, more preferably 75 to 85%. The higher the polymerization rate, the lower the energy for removing the solvent with the devolatilizer.
- the outlet temperature of the tubular reactor 13 is preferably 150 to 180 ° C.
- Step of removing volatile matter from the reaction solution obtained in the previous step with a volatile removal device The reaction solution obtained in the tubular reactor 13 is sent to the volatile matter removing device 14 where the volatile matter is removed and a methacrylic polymer is obtained.
- the devolatilizer 14 is preferably a screw type devolatilizer in which a rear volatile component outlet, a reaction liquid supply port, a fore volatile component outlet, and a polymer outlet are arranged from the screw drive unit side toward the tip side.
- the reaction liquid supplied from the reaction liquid supply port releases the amount of heat stored as latent heat at the reaction liquid supply port, so that the volatile components are flash evaporated.
- the temperature of the reaction solution supplied to the screw type devolatilizer is preferably 180 ° C to 250 ° C. If it is this range, coloring of a methacrylic polymer can be prevented.
- volatiles such as unreacted monomers are condensed and recovered by a condenser and then reused. At this time, it is more preferable to reuse as a monomer after separating and removing high-boiling components such as a dimer of a vinyl monomer contained in volatiles by distillation.
- the methacrylic polymer produced by the apparatus of the present invention can be used as a molding material, for example.
- lubricants such as higher alcohols and higher fatty acid esters may be added.
- the amount of residual dimer (% by mass) in the polymer is measured by gas chromatography.
- a gas chromatography GC-17A manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation was used. Acetone was used as the solvent. Butyl acetate was used as an internal standard. A calibration curve was prepared in advance, and the amount of dimer remaining in the liquid was calculated from the results of gas chromatography of the polymer solution.
- the weight average molecular weight was measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC).
- GPC gel permeation chromatography
- a methacrylic resin was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (THF), and then liquid chromatography “HLC-8020” (trade name, manufactured by Tosoh Corporation) was used.
- the separation column was “TSK-Gel GMHXL”. (Trade name, manufactured by Tosoh Corporation) 2 in series, solvent is THF, flow rate is 1.0 ml / min, detector is differential refractometer, measurement temperature is 40 ° C., injection amount is 0.1 ml, polymethyl methacrylate as standard polymer Was carried out.
- a methacrylic polymer was produced using an apparatus having a schematic configuration shown in FIG.
- a fully mixed reactor 11, a tube reactor 12, a cooler 15 that is a multi-tube cooler, a tube reactor 13, and a devolatilizing extruder 14 are installed in this order. Each is connected by piping.
- an initiator charging device 21 is connected between the complete mixing reactor 11 and the tube reactor 12, and an initiator charging device 22 is connected between the cooler 15 and the tube reactor 13. It is connected.
- Example 1 Nitrogen was introduced into the purified monomer mixture consisting of 98 wt% of methyl methacrylate and 2 wt% of methyl acrylate to make the dissolved oxygen 0.5 ppm, and then, as a polymerization initiator, 1-bis (t-butylperoxy) -3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexane 0.26 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 4 mol / 100 g monomer and n-octyl mercaptan 0.150 mol / 100 g single amount as a chain transfer agent
- the mixture (0.22 wt%) was mixed and continuously fed to the complete mixing reactor 11 controlled at a polymerization temperature of 135 ° C. while stirring and mixing to perform polymerization. The average stay time was 2.5 hours.
- reaction solution was continuously withdrawn from the reactor, and further, 1,1-bis (t-butylperoxy) -3,5,5 was added to the piping section 21 equipped with SMX through the mixer manufactured by Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. 5-trimethylcyclohexane was added at 20 ppm with respect to the raw material flow rate per unit time, and was supplied to a tubular reactor 12 (plug flow reactor) equipped with a static mixer manufactured by Noritake Company.
- the jacket temperature of the tubular reactor was 150 ° C.
- the average residence time was 20 minutes.
- the reactant was sent to the cooler, and the temperature of the reactant was lowered from 162 ° C to 130 ° C.
- the jacket temperature of the cooler was set to 110 ° C.
- reaction solution was continuously supplied to the screw type devolatilizer 14 at 230 ° C., and volatiles mainly composed of unreacted monomers were separated and removed at 270 ° C. to obtain a polymer.
- Table 1 shows the polymerization conditions in each step, the polymerization rate, the amount of residual dimer of the obtained polymer, and the like.
- the tubular reactor could be stably polymerized without clogging, and the amount of residual dimer was 280 ppm.
- Example 2 Nitrogen was introduced into the purified monomer mixture consisting of 98 wt% of methyl methacrylate and 2 wt% of methyl acrylate to make the dissolved oxygen 0.5 ppm, and then, as a polymerization initiator, 1,1-bis (t-butylperoxy) -3,5,5-trimethyl cyclohexane 0.32 ⁇ 10 -4 mol / 100g monomer, n- octyl mercaptan 0.150 mol / 100g monomer as a chain transfer agent
- the mixture (0.22 wt%) was mixed and continuously fed to the complete mixing reactor 11 controlled at a polymerization temperature of 135 ° C. while stirring and mixing to perform polymerization. The average stay time was 2.0 hours.
- reaction solution was continuously withdrawn from the reactor, and further, 1,1-bis (t-butylperoxy) -3,5,5 was added to the piping section 21 equipped with SMX through the mixer manufactured by Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- the reactor was supplied to a tubular reactor 12 (plug flow reactor) equipped with a static mixer.
- the jacket temperature of the tubular reactor was 175 ° C.
- the average residence time was 20 minutes.
- the reactant was sent to a cooler, and the temperature of the reactant was lowered from 165 ° C. to 130 ° C.
- the jacket temperature of the cooler was set to 110 ° C.
- reaction solution was continuously supplied to the screw type devolatilizer 14 at 230 ° C., and volatiles mainly composed of unreacted monomers were separated and removed at 270 ° C. to obtain a polymer.
- Table 1 shows the polymerization conditions in each step, the polymerization rate, the amount of residual dimer of the obtained polymer, and the like.
- the tubular reactor could be polymerized stably without clogging, and the residual dimer amount was 300 ppm.
- Example 1 A methacrylic polymer having the same composition as in Example 1 was produced under the conditions shown in Table 1 without using the cooler 15.
- Table 1 shows the polymerization conditions in each step, the polymerization rate, the amount of residual dimer of the obtained polymer, and the like.
- the temperature of the outlet reaction solution of the tubular reactor 13 was as high as 183 ° C. and the polymerization rate did not increase.
- the polymerization rate of the obtained reaction solution was 68% and the residual dimer amount was as high as 600 ppm.
- Example 2 Without using the cooler 15, the temperature of the tubular reactors 12 and 13 was reduced under the conditions shown in Table 1, and a methacrylic polymer having the same composition as in Example 1 was produced.
- Table 1 shows the polymerization conditions and the polymerization rate in each step.
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前記、複数の管型反応器の内の少なくとも2つが反応液を冷却する冷却装置を介し接続されているメタクリル系重合体を製造する装置にある。
また、反応液が高温にさらされる時間が減少するので、メタクリル系重合体中の二量体の生成を抑制することができ、品質が向上する。
完全混合型反応器11は、供給口、取り出し口および攪拌装置を備えた槽型反応器を用いることができ、攪拌装置は反応域全体にわたる混合性能を持つことが好ましい。
管型反応器12、13はプラグフロー型反応器が好ましく、スタティックミキサーを内装したジャケット付き管型反応器であることがより好ましい。スタティックミキサーが内装されていると、攪拌効果により反応の均一化と反応液の流れを安定化させることができる。なお、管型反応器12、13は設備的制約上、複数の管型反応器群として用いることできる。よって、ここで記述する管型反応器12、13は単体であっても、複数であってもよい。
反応液の冷却を行う冷却装置15は、多管式冷却器、二重管式熱交換器、コイル式冷却器、プレート式冷却器等が挙げられるが、冷却効率を考慮すると、多管式冷却器を用いることが好ましい。また、複数の冷却器を直列に接続して用いてもよい。
揮発分除去装置14は、スクリュ式脱揮押出装置を用いることができる。スクリュ式脱揮押出装置は、一般に、反応液供給口と重合体出口と揮発成分出口(ベント)とを備えたシリンダーと、このシリンダー内に配設されたスクリュとを有するものである。
本発明の装置は、メチルメタクリレートの単独重合体、または、80質量%以上のメチルメタクリレート単位と20質量%以下のアルキル(メタ)アクリレート(メチルメタクリレートを除く)単位とを含む共重合体の製造に好ましく適用される。
完全混合型反応器11で重合を行って得られた反応液は、さらに重合開始剤を追加した後、第1の管型反応器12に送液され、管型反応器12において重合を行う。
管型反応器12で重合を行って得られた反応液は冷却装置15に送液される。
装置15で冷却を行った反応液は、再度、重合開始剤を添加した後、第2の管型反応器13で重合反応を行う。
管型反応器13で得られた反応液は、揮発分除去装置14に送液され、揮発分が除去され、メタクリル系重合体が得られる。
重合体中の残存二量体量(質量%)は、ガスクロマトグラフィーで測定する。ガスクロマトグラフィーとして、(株)島津製作所製、GC-17Aを使用した。溶媒にはアセトンを使用した。酢酸ブチルを内部標準として用いた。予め検量線を作成しておき、重合体溶解液のガスクロマトグラフィーの結果から、液中の残存二量体量を算出した。
重量平均分子量は、ゲルパーミエーションクロマトグラフィー法(GPC)にて測定した。GPC法の測定は、メタクリル系樹脂をテトラヒドロフラン(THF)に溶解させた後、液体クロマトグラフィー「HLC-8020」(商品名、東ソー(株)製)を用い、分離カラムは「TSK-Gel GMHXL」(商品名、東ソー(株)製)2本直列、溶媒はTHF、流量1.0ml/min、検出器は示差屈折計、測定温度40℃、注入量0.1ml、標準ポリマーとしてポリメタクリル酸メチルを使用して実施した。
図1に概略構成を示す装置を用いて、メタクリル系重合体の製造を行った。図1に示す装置では、完全混合型反応器11、管型反応器12、多管式冷却器である冷却器15、管型反応器13、および脱揮押出機14が、この順に設置されており、それぞれが配管で接続されている。
精製されたメチルメタクリレート98wt%とメチルアクリレート2wt%とからなる単量体混合物に窒素を導入して溶存酸素を0.5ppmとした後、この単量体混合物に対して、重合開始剤として1,1-ビス(t-ブチルパーオキシ)-3,5,5-トリメチルシクロヘキサン0.26×10-4モル/100g単量体と、連鎖移動剤としてn-オクチルメルカプタン0.150モル/100g単量体(0.22wt%)とを混合し、重合温度135℃に制御された完全混合型反応器11に攪拌混合しながら連続的に供給し重合を行った。平均滞在時間は2.5時間であった。
精製されたメチルメタクリレート98wt%とメチルアクリレート2wt%とからなる単量体混合物に窒素を導入して溶存酸素を0.5ppmとした後、この単量体混合物に対して、重合開始剤として1,1-ビス(t-ブチルパーオキシ)-3,5,5-トリメチルシクロヘキサン0.32×10-4モル/100g単量体と、連鎖移動剤としてn-オクチルメルカプタン0.150モル/100g単量体(0.22wt%)とを混合し、重合温度135℃に制御された完全混合型反応器11に攪拌混合しながら連続的に供給し重合を行った。平均滞在時間は2.0時間であった。
冷却器15を使用せずに、表1に示す条件で実施例1と同様の組成のメタクリル系重合体の製造を行った。
冷却器15を使用せずに、表1に示す条件で管型反応器12、13の温度をさげて、実施例1と同様の組成のメタクリル系重合体の製造を行った。各工程での重合条件、重合率等を表1に示す。
12 管型反応器
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- 完全混合型反応器、直列に接続された複数の管型反応器、及び揮発分除去装置を有するメタクリル系重合体を製造する装置であって、
前記、複数の管型反応器の内の少なくとも2つが反応液を冷却する冷却装置を介し接続されているメタクリル系重合体を製造する装置。 - 冷却装置が多管式冷却器である請求項1記載のメタクリル系重合体を製造する装置。
- 管型反応器がプラグフロー型反応器である請求項1または2に記載のメタクリル系重合体を製造する装置。
- 請求項1記載の装置を用いてメタクリル系重合体を製造する方法であって、完全混合型反応器でメタクリル系単量体混合物を、重合温度110~170℃、重合率35~55%まで重合する工程、前工程で得られた反応液に重合開始剤を追加した後、第1の管型反応器で出口温度140~180℃、重合率55~70%で重合する工程、前工程で得られた反応液を85~140℃に冷却装置で冷却する工程、冷却後の反応液に重合開始剤を追加し第2の管型反応器で出口温度150~180℃、重合率70~85%で重合する工程、前工程で得られた反応液から揮発分除去装置で揮発分を除去する工程を有するメタクリル系重合体を製造する方法。
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