Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a catalyst system made from or containing: (A) a solid catalyst component made from or containing (i) a titanium compound supported on a magnesium dichloride; (B) an aluminum alkyl compound; and (C) a halogenated organic ester of formula A-COOR, wherein R is a C1-C10 hydrocarbon group and A is a C1-C15 saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group in which at least one of the hydrogen atoms is replaced by a chlorine atom. The present disclosure also provides a process for preparing an olefinic polymer, including a polymerization step of polymerizing an olefin in the presence of the catalyst system. The present disclosure also provides an olefinic polymer made therefrom.
Abstract:
Feeding a supported antistatic compound that does not comprise a transition-metal-based catalyst component to an olefin polymerization reactor allows avoiding the formation of polymer agglomerates in the reactor while at the same time minimizing negative effects on catalyst yield.
Abstract:
A process for preparing heterophasic propylene copolymers by polymerizing propylene in the presence of a polymerization catalyst and hydrogen as a molecular weight regulator, the process comprising the following steps: a) polymerizing in gas- or liquid-phase propylene to prepare a crystalline polymer fraction; b) copolymerizing ethylene with propylene and/or 1 -butene, and optionally one or more alpha-olefin comonomers Cs-C12, in a gas-phase reactor having interconnected polymerization zones, wherein 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.
Abstract:
Polypropylene sheet for thermoforming wherein at least one layer comprises a propylene polymer containing at least 0.8 % by weight of ethylene and optionally one or more C4-C10 α-olefins, or a propylene polymer composition containing at least 0.8 % by weight of one or more comonomers selected from ethylene and C4-C10 α-olefins, and having the following features: 1) a melting temperature of 155 °C or higher; 2) a content of fraction soluble in xylene at room temperature lower than 4 % by weight, and a value of the ratio of the polymer fraction collected at the temperature range from 25 °C to 95 °C to the said xylene soluble fraction higher than 8.
Abstract:
A process for introducing a catalyst powder based on a titanium compound supported on magnesium halide into a gas-phase olefin polymerization reactor, characterized in that it comprises: (a) storing the catalyst powder under an atmosphere of a liquid C 3 -C 12 alkane; (b) withdrawing from step (a) a measured amount of said catalyst powder by means of a rotary valve; (c) transferring said metered amount of catalyst powder to a catalyst activation section by a continuous pick-up flow of a liquid C 3 -C 12 alkane; (d) contacting the catalyst powder with a liquid phase comprising an organo-aluminum compound and optionally an external donor compound, at a temperature ranging from -20 °C to 60 °C; (e) introducing the activated catalyst powder in one or more gas-phase olefin polymerization reactors, where a gaseous mixture comprising at least one alpha-olefin is subjected to polymerization.
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 liquid-phase process for polymerizing α-olefins of the formula CH2=CHR, where R is H or an alkyl radical C1-C6, to produce a polymer that is soluble in the reaction medium, comprising the steps of: a) continuously polymerizing in liquid phase the α- olefin in the presence of a catalyst system based on a transition metal compound; b) continuously withdrawing from step a) a solution of polymer in the liquid reaction medium; c) mixing in one or more mixing stages said solution of polymer in the reaction medium with an organic deactivator having: at least a hydroxy group, a boiling point higher than 150°C, and a ratio between the molecular weight (MW) and the number of hydroxy groups (OH) comprised between 20 and 100.