Abstract:
A char handling section is provided operating on a char containing liquid slurry and comprised of a series of apparatuses for the progressive depolymerization of the liquid slurry and drying of the char that at the end is collected and disposed. The so configured process and apparatus for char dislodging handling and disposal is very flexible and it allows to be operated in a continuous mode without the need to stop the depolymerization reactor.
Abstract:
A process is disclosed for the polymerization of olefins in gas phase carried out in a reactor having two interconnected polymerization zones, a first zone (riser) and a second zone (downcomer), wherein the growing polymer particles: a) flow through the riser under fast fluidization conditions established by feeding a mixture of gas and liquid; b) leave the riser and enter the downcomer, through which they flow downward in a densified form; c) leave the downcomer and are reintroduced into the riser, thus establishing a circulation of polymer between the riser and the downcomer; and wherein the reactor is operated at a temperature which is between 0° C and 5° C above the dew point of the riser gas at the operating pressure, so that in the riser, besides the growing polymer particles and gas flow, an amount of liquid is also present.
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of high purity propylene polymers carried out in the presence of a catalyst comprising the product obtained by contacting: (a) a solid catalyst component comprising Mg, Ti and at least a first internal electron donor compound (1ID) selected among the succinates and a second internal electron donor compound (2ID) selected among the 1,3-diethers, wherein the molar ratio of first internal donor over second internal donor 1ID:2ID is comprised between 4:6 and 9:1, with (b) an organo-aluminium compound, and optionally with (c) an external electron donor compound, said process being carried out at a temperature equal or higher than78°C and by employing a molar ratio of organo-aluminum compound over solid catalyst component (b):(a) of lower than 5.
Abstract:
Films or sheets of polypropylene, particularly biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films, exhibiting excellent physical and mechanical properties combined with good processing characteristics can be prepared from propylene polymers prepared in the presence of Ziegler-Natta catalysts comprising a succinate and a diether compound.
Abstract:
A propylene polymer composition comprising (percent by weight): A) 74%-84% of a propylene homopolymer having a Polydispersity Index (P.I.) value of from 4.6 to 10, a fraction insoluble in xylene at 25 °C, higher than 90 %, and a MFR L (Melt Flow Rate according to ISO 1133, condition L, i.e. 230°C and 2.16 kg load) from 110 to 200 g/10 min; B) 16%-26%, of a copolymer of propylene with from 39% to 48%, of ethylene derived units; the composition having an intrinsic viscosity of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25 °C comprised between 2.7 and 4.0 dl/g; and a MFR L (Melt Flow Rate according to ISO 1133, condition L, i.e. 230°C and 2.16 kg load) from 30 to 80 g/10 min.
Abstract:
A process for the polymerisation of olefins in the presence of a solid catalyst component and a catalyst activator, the process being performed in a gas-phase reactor having interconnected polymerization zones, where the growing polymer particles flow upward through a first polymerization zone (riser) under fast fluidization conditions, leave said riser and enter a second polymerization zone (downcomer) through which they flow downward under the action of gravity, leave said downcomer and are reintroduced into the riser, thus establishing a polymer circulation between said riser and said downcomer, the process being characterized in that said solid catalyst component has an average size P50 ranging from 20 μm to 65 μm and the gas flows upward in said first polymerization zone at a velocity ranging from 0.8 to 2.0 m/s.
Abstract:
A process for the polymerisation of olefins carried out in a gas-phase reactor having interconnected polymerization zones, where the growing polymer particles flow upward through a first polymerization zone (riser) under fast fluidization or transport conditions, leave said riser and enter a second polymerization zone (downcomer) through which they flow downward under the action of gravity, leave said downcomer and are reintroduced into the riser, a gas recycle stream being withdrawn from said first polymerisation zone, subjected to cooling below its dew point and then returned to said first polymerisation zone, the process being characterised in that said gas recycle stream is cooled at a temperature Tc ranging from 0.05°C to 3°C below its dew point.
Abstract:
A polyolefin composition, particularly fit for the production of extrusion blow molded articles, comprising (a) a propylene-ethylene copolymer having a content of units deriving from ethylene of 4.0 % by weight or higher, and (b) a nucleating agent and having a crystallization temperature (Tc) higher than 117°C can be obtained by copolymerizing propylene and ethylene in the presence of a catalyst system obtained by contacting a solid catalyst component comprising a magnesium halide, a titanium compound having at least a Ti-halogen bond and at least two electron donor compounds one of which being present in an amount from 40 to 90% by mol with respect to the total amount of donors and selected from succinates and the other selected from 1,3 diethers, an aluminum hydrocarbyl compound, and optionally an external electron donor compound.