Figure 11 Temperature profile comparing all cases.
Temperature profiles were also obtained, and, like the pressure profiles, the curves obtained for all cases showed extreme similarity with practically overlapping points. There were temperature peaks between 94 and 98ºC at the beginning of the reaction, but over time this temperature stabilized reaching the initial value of 70ºC. The highest peak presented was that representing case 2 and the lowest peak represents case 4.
Observing the pressure and temperature profiles, it is observed that the number of active centers does not influence the reaction profiles. Considering that the pressure drop is basically the consumption of monomer during the reaction, it can be inferred that the conversions of the four simulations are very similar, while from the temperature profiles, despite the active sites have different kinetic constants, the exothermicity of the reaction remains largely unchanged.