Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Closed reactor transitions between metallocene catalysts
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Application No.: US15564456Application Date: 2016-04-06
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Publication No.: US10221254B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Brandon C. Locklear , R. Eric Pequeno , Richard B. Pannell , Fathi David Hussein , Rich John Stolz , William A. Matthews
- Applicant: Univation Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/US2016/026201 WO 20160406
- International Announcement: WO2016/164451 WO 20161013
- Main IPC: C08F2/34
- IPC: C08F2/34 ; C08F2/38 ; C08F10/00 ; C08F4/6592 ; C08F110/02 ; B01J8/18 ; C08F4/659

Abstract:
A method for transitioning a gas phase polymerization reactor between metallocene catalysts is provided. The method comprises first reducing the superficial gas velocity and increasing the height of the fluidized bed within the reactor prior to stopping a feed comprising a first metallocene catalyst. The method further comprises introducing a first polymerization neutralizer to the reactor, wherein the first polymerization reactor does not comprise water, and then introducing a second polymerization neutralizer to the reactor, wherein the second polymerization neutralizer is different from the first polymerization neutralizer. After this, the method comprises purging the reactor with an inert gas and then introducing a feed comprising a second metallocene catalyst to the reactor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180079836A1 CLOSED REACTOR TRANSITIONS BETWEEN METALLOCENE CATALYSTS Public/Granted day:2018-03-22
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