INVESTIGATION OF UREA-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN SYNTHESIS USING DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS

Authors

  • Muhammad Shoaib Department of Chemical Engineering University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar
  • Muhammad Imran Ahmad Department of Chemical Engineering University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar
  • Mohammad YOUNAS Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar
  • Alamzeb Khan Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar
  • Saeed Gul Department of Chemical Engineering University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar

Abstract

The focus of this study is to investigate the factors that are significant in determining the quality of urea-formaldehyde glue, viscosity being considered in this paper, in order to select suitable process conditions (temperature, reaction time, pressure and reactant feed ratios). 2k factorial design of experiments was employed to investigate the effect of process parameters on the viscosity of resin. Theoretical and experimental results reveal that temperature and molar feed ratio of formaldehyde to urea are significant factors influencing the product viscosity.

Author Biographies

  • Muhammad Shoaib, Department of Chemical Engineering University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar
  • Muhammad Imran Ahmad, Department of Chemical Engineering University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar
    Department of Chemical Engineering
    University of Engineering and Technology
    Peshawar
  • Mohammad YOUNAS, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar
    Associate Professor
    Department of Chemical Engineering
    University of Engineering and Technology
    Peshawar
  • Alamzeb Khan, Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar
  • Saeed Gul, Department of Chemical Engineering University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar

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Published

2014-12-10

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Vol. 42 No. 2 (2014): Journal of the Pakistan Institute of Chemical Engineers

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INVESTIGATION OF UREA-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN SYNTHESIS USING DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS. (2014). Journal of the Pakistan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 42(2), 113-118. https://www.piche.org.pk/journal/index.php/jpiche/article/view/96