Method for controlling fouling in slurry-type polymerization reactors
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C08F-002/12
C08F-010/02
C08F-010/00
출원번호
US-0711453
(2007-02-26)
등록번호
US-7381777
(2008-06-03)
발명자
/ 주소
Towles,Thomas W.
Skinner,James E.
DePierri,Robert G.
Kendrick,James Austin
출원인 / 주소
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
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초록▼
The present invention relates to methods for controlling fouling in the reaction zone of slurry-type olefin polymerization reactors by measuring a process operating parameter and by responding to said process operating parameter, e.g., by introducing a gaseous poison for the polymerization catalyst
The present invention relates to methods for controlling fouling in the reaction zone of slurry-type olefin polymerization reactors by measuring a process operating parameter and by responding to said process operating parameter, e.g., by introducing a gaseous poison for the polymerization catalyst in response to a comparison between said measured parameter and a fouling parameter limit for said measured parameter.
대표청구항▼
We claim: 1. A method for operating a slurry polymerization reactor comprising the steps of: polymerizing a monomer feed, which comprises a majority of ethylene and optionally a comonomer, in a reaction zone of the slurry polymerization reactor in the presence of a slurry diluent and a slurry catal
We claim: 1. A method for operating a slurry polymerization reactor comprising the steps of: polymerizing a monomer feed, which comprises a majority of ethylene and optionally a comonomer, in a reaction zone of the slurry polymerization reactor in the presence of a slurry diluent and a slurry catalyst to form an ethylene-based polymer; measuring a process operating parameter; and when the process operating parameter rises above or drops below a fouling parameter limit, introducing a gaseous poison for the slurry catalyst into the reaction zone of the polymerization reactor to reduce, inhibit, and/or prevent fouling in the reaction zone of the polymerization reactor. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the process operating parameter comprises temperature, which rises above the fouling parameter limit at a fouling temperature. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the slurry catalyst comprises a metal selected from the group consisting of Groups 4-6 and 8-10 of the Periodic Table of Elements. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the slurry catalyst comprises chromium. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the slurry diluent is selected from the group consisting of propane, butane, isobutane, pentane, isopentane, neopentane, hexane, cyclohexane, and a combination thereof. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the slurry diluent comprises isobutane. 7. The method of claim 2, wherein the fouling temperature is from 100�� F. to 280�� F. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the gaseous poison comprises carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, or a mixture thereof. 9. The method of claim 1, further comprising reducing or substantially halting the monomer feed into the polymerization reactor. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the introduction of the gaseous poison is sufficient to substantially halt the polymerizing step in the reaction zone of the polymerization reactor. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the slurry reactor is a slurry loop reactor or a stirred slurry reactor. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the introduction of the gaseous poison reduces fouling in the reaction zone of the polymerization reactor by at least 50%. 13. A method for responding to changing conditions in a slurry polymerization reactor comprising the steps of: using a reactor circulating pump having a desired power draw range, circulating a monomer feed, which comprises a majority of ethylene and optionally a comonomer, in a reaction zone of the slurry polymerization reactor in the presence of a slurry diluent and a slurry catalyst; polymerizing the monomer feed to form an ethylene-based polymer, wherein the reaction zone of the polymerization reactor has a reaction temperature range and a fouling temperature that is greater than the reaction temperature range; measuring a temperature in the reaction zone for comparison to the reaction temperature range and the fouling temperature; and responding to changing conditions in the polymerization reactor as follows: when the measured temperature in the reaction zone exceeds the reaction temperature range but does not exceed the fouling temperature, reducing or substantially halting the monomer feed into the reaction zone, when the reactor circulator pump exceeds the desired power draw range, introducing a gaseous poison for the slurry catalyst into the reaction zone, optionally proximate to the measured temperature, to reduce, inhibit, and/or prevent fouling therein, and optionally reducing or substantially halting the monomer feed into the polymerization reactor, and when the measured temperature in the reaction zone exceeds the fouling temperature, introducing a gaseous poison for the slurry catalyst into the reaction zone, optionally proximate to the at least one measured temperature, to reduce, inhibit, and/or prevent fouling in the reaction zone of the polymerization reactor. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the slurry catalyst comprises a metal selected from the group consisting of Groups 4-6 and 8-10 of the Periodic Table of Elements. 15. The method of claim 13, wherein the slurry catalyst comprises chromium. 16. The method of claim 13, wherein the slurry diluent is selected from the group consisting of propane, butane, isobutane, pentane, isopentane, neopentane, hexane, cyclohexane, and a combination thereof. 17. The method of claim 13, wherein the slurry diluent comprises isobutane. 18. The method of claim 13, wherein the reaction temperature range is from 100�� F. to 250�� F. 19. The method of claim 13, wherein the fouling temperature is from 120�� F. to 280�� F. 20. The method of claim 13, wherein the gaseous poison comprises carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, or a mixture thereof. 21. The method of claim 13, wherein the introduction of the gaseous poison is sufficient to substantially halt the polymerizing step in the reaction zone of the polymerization reactor. 22. The method of claim 14, wherein the slurry reactor is a slurry loop reactor or a stirred slurry reactor. 23. The method of claim 14, wherein the introduction of the gaseous poison reduces fouling in the reaction zone of the polymerization reactor by at least 50%.
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