ABSTRACT
One of the most commonly used plastics nowadays is polyvinylchloride, derived from industrial production as a result of the vinylchloride-monomer polymerization in emulsion, in mass, or in suspension. Suspension method of PVC production is the most widely used method that generally includes stages of vinyl chloride polymerization in autoclave-type reactors equipped with the cooling jacket, polymer suspension deaeration, centrifugal separation, and water removal. Efficiency of the process, as a rule, is determined by polymerization stage. At first glance, the simplest way to increase productiveness is the use of high-performance large-volume polymerization reactors. The reactors’ size enlargement results in improved efficiency without increase in the amount of primary and support equipment as well as the workforce, but this, however, has some complexities-it leads to reduction of the jacket cooling surface and the reactor volume proportion that significantly sophisticates elimination of the reaction heat and makes it difficult to keep up required polymerization conditions.1 Besides, this method is quite expensive, since polymerization reactors are the most expensive components of the device. In this regard, the questions about intensification of working equipment performance becomes very crucial.
