@article{8cfaa47378394219ac27f830f185c504,
title = "Chemical reaction modeling of industrial scale nitrocellulose production for military applications",
abstract = "A model was developed to describe the nitration of cellulose in mixed acids used in the production of military grade nitrocellulose. Acid dissociation, swelling, diffusion, and chemical reaction were considered to model the nitration of industrially important cellulose materials for given reaction times and conditions. This model is supported by experimental work conducted to measure the dynamics of swelling and diffusion in wood pulp slivers, and the model was validated using the results of lab-scale nitration reactions. Microcomputed tomography was also used to perform a structural analysis of wood pulp slivers that were cut on industrial, rotary cutting machines to evaluate features that may influence the reactivity of these materials.",
keywords = "cellulose, diffusion, mixed acids, nitration, nitrocellulose",
author = "Francis Sullivan and Laurent Simon and Nikolaos Ioannidis and Subhash Patel and Zohar Ophir and Costas Gogos and Michael Jaffe and Shakeel Tirmizi and Peter Bonnett and Philip Abbate",
note = "Funding Information: The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center. The authors express their sincere appreciation to Dr Niloufar Faridi for her guidance in proposing approaches for analyzing the results of diffusion cell experiments, Ms Milca Fils‐Aime for her assistance in performing lab‐scale nitration experiments, Dr Seth Hogg for his assistance with micro‐CT analysis of cellulose structures, Mr Mark Johnson for his assistance in performing membrane diffusion cell experiments, and Ms Georgia Stavrakis for her assistance in performing structural analysis of wood pulp slivers. Portions of information contained in this publication are printed with permission of Minitab, LLC. All such material remains the exclusive property and copyright of Minitab, LLC. All rights reserved. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 American Institute of Chemical Engineers",
year = "2020",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1002/aic.16234",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "66",
journal = "AICHE Journal",
issn = "0001-1541",
publisher = "American Institute of Chemical Engineers",
number = "7",
}