Can a truck designed for transporting polychloropropylene also be used to transport polyvinyl chloride?
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A friend of mine has a tank truck that was previously used for transporting polypropylene; he now wants to use that same truck to transport polyvinyl chloride. I was wondering, is it possible to do that? What data is related to transportation, critical pressure or temperature? Or something else. Thank you! !
They are all packaged in granules, so there’s no problem; could it be a mix-up?
Trucks transporting polypropylene and polyvinyl chloride? Has the original poster made a mistake?
It is necessary to determine whether to transport monomers or polymers. It’s fine if shipping polymers, but when it comes to shipping monomers, it’s necessary to carefully verify whether the saturated vapor pressures are the same and whether the relevant safety regulations permit it.
PVC is a solid, right? So why is it transported in tank trucks?
The OP is awesome, and the moderator on floor 4 is also great~ If it’s just about pulling PVC resin, a floor truck will do: lol
6# lichsh1985 PVC powder can be transported by tank truck. However, due to its low bulk density, transporting it by tank truck is indeed not very economical.
I think it should be pulling the monomers, because there’s no issue at all with pulling the powder – the powder is easy to clean and dry completely. But whether pulling monomers or powders, it is best not to mix them; otherwise one of them will become an impurity for the other. Since the subsequent processing steps remain the same as before, this will definitely have a negative impact on the quality of the final product.
They all have an extra chlorine atom; they should all be monomers, but unfortunately they cannot be mixed together