Method for addition of additives into a polymer melt
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C08J-003/20
C08J-003/205
출원번호
US-0500862
(2006-08-08)
등록번호
US-9267007
(2016-02-23)
발명자
/ 주소
Venett, Kenrick Lyle
DeBruin, Bruce Roger
출원인 / 주소
GRUPO PETROTEMEX, S.A. DE C.V.
대리인 / 주소
Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
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A method for adding an additive into a polymer melt, preferably a polyester polymer melt such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), comprising: a. discharging a polymer melt from a reactor to form a discharged polymer melt stream, andb. solidifying said discharged polymer melt stream, andc. prior to
A method for adding an additive into a polymer melt, preferably a polyester polymer melt such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), comprising: a. discharging a polymer melt from a reactor to form a discharged polymer melt stream, andb. solidifying said discharged polymer melt stream, andc. prior to solidification, feeding a portion of the discharged polymer melt stream to a slipstream to form a slipstream polymer melt, andd. feeding an additive into said slipstream polymer melt to form an additive containing slipstream, ande. feeding the additive containing slipstream to a location upstream from the feed location forming said slipstream.
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1. A method for adding an additive into a polyester polymer melt comprising: (a1) polycondensing, in a reactor, a polyesterified reaction mixture to form a polyester polymer melt,(a) discharging the polyester polymer melt from the reactor to form a discharged polyester polymer melt stream, and(b) so
1. A method for adding an additive into a polyester polymer melt comprising: (a1) polycondensing, in a reactor, a polyesterified reaction mixture to form a polyester polymer melt,(a) discharging the polyester polymer melt from the reactor to form a discharged polyester polymer melt stream, and(b) solidifying the discharged polyester polymer melt stream to form polyester particles, and(c) prior to solidification, feeding a portion of the discharged polyester polymer melt stream to a slipstream to form a slipstream polyester polymer melt, and(d) feeding an additive into said slipstream polyester polymer melt to form an additive containing polyester slipstream melt, and(e) feeding the additive containing polyester slipstream melt to the reactor,wherein from 50% to 98% of the discharged polyester polymer melt stream is solidified without return to the reactor. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said polyester polymer melt comprises a polyester polymer having repeating alkylene arylate units. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein said polyester polymer melt comprises a polyester polymer comprising: (i) a carboxylic acid component comprising at least 80 mole % of the residues of terephthalic acid, derivates of terephthalic acid, naphthalene-2,6-dicarboxylic acid, derivatives of naphthalene-2,6-dicarboxylic acid, or mixtures thereof, and(ii) a hydroxyl component comprising at least 40 mole % of the residues of ethylene glycol or propane diol or cyclohexane dimethanol, based on 100 mole percent of carboxylic acid component residues and 100 mole percent of hydroxyl component residues in the polyester polymer. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein said polyester polymer melt comprises a polyester polymer comprising: (i) a carboxylic acid component comprising at least 90 mole % of the residues of terephthalic acid, derivates of terephthalic acid, naphthalene-2,6-dicarboxylic acid, derivatives of naphthalene-2,6-dicarboxylic acid, or mixtures thereof, and(ii) a hydroxyl component comprising at least 92 mole % of the residues of ethylene glycol,based on 100 mole percent of carboxylic acid component residues and 100 mole percent of hydroxyl component residues in the polyester polymer. 5. The method of claim 3, wherein the discharging of the polyester polymer melt from the reactor occurs continuously. 6. The method of claim 3, wherein the discharged polyester polymer melt stream has an intrinsic viscosity (It.V.) of at least 0.72 dL/g. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the intrinsic viscosity (It.V.) of the polyester polymer is at least 0.76 dL/g. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the reactor is a final polycondensation reactor. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the discharged polyester polymer melt stream contains said additive. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the discharged polyester polymer melt stream is solidified to form particles by an underwater pelletizer. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the shape of the particles are spheroids. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the flow rate of the slipstream polyester polymer melt is regulated by a pump, a valve, or by piping size. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein the flow rate of the slipstream polyester polymer melt is self balancing. 14. The method of claim 1, wherein said additive in an additive stream is fed from an additive supply tank to the slipstream polyester polymer melt through an injection nozzle. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the additive is added into the slipstream polyester polymer melt through a ram valve. 16. The method of claim 14, wherein the injection nozzle has a tip with an opening sufficiently small to prevent the slipstream polyester polymer melt from entering the tip through the opening. 17. The method of claim 1, wherein the additive is supplied from an additive tank, and said additive in the additive tank is a liquid. 18. The method of claim 1, wherein the additive comprises a phosphorus compound. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein the phosphorus compound is acidic. 20. The method of claim 19, wherein the phosphorus compound comprises phosphoric acid. 21. The method of claim 1, wherein the additive is a solid which is melted prior to feeding the additive into the slipstream polyester polymer melt. 22. The method of claim 1, wherein the additive comprises an ultraviolet light absorber. 23. The method of claim 1, wherein the additive comprises a colorant. 24. The method of claim 1, wherein the concentration of the additive in the additive containing slipstream is greater than the concentration of the additive in the slipstream polyester polymer melt by at least 20%. 25. The method of claim 24, wherein the slipstream polyester polymer melt contains a concentration of said additive. 26. The method of claim 1, wherein the flow rate of the slipstream polyester polymer melt is controlled by a pump. 27. The method of claim 26, wherein the pump acts as a pressure let-down device while controlling the flowrate of the slipstream polyester polymer melt. 28. The method of claim 1, further comprising an in-line mixing device in the additive containing slipstream. 29. The method of claim 1, wherein to the additive containing slipstream is added a second additive through an in-line extrusion device in the additive containing polyester slipstream or by the output of an extrusion device feeding the additive containing slipstream. 30. The method of claim 29, wherein the second additive comprises a molten polyester polymer. 31. The method of claim 1, wherein the polyester polymer melt comprises a polyester melt, and said additive containing slipstream is fed to said reactor when or after: (a) the polyester melt reaches an intrinsic viscosity (It.V.) of at least 0.72 dL/g, or(b) vacuum applied to the polyester melt, if any, is released or reduced, or(c) following at least 85% of the time for polycondensing the polyester melt; or(d) the intrinsic viscosity (It.V.) of the polyester melt is within +/−0.10 dL/g of the highest It.V. obtained prior to solidifying the discharged polymer melt stream; or(e) at a point within 20 minutes or less prior to solidifying the discharged polyester polymer melt stream. 32. The method of claim 1, wherein the feeding of the additive into the slipstream polyester polymer melt occurs continuously. 33. The method of claim 1, wherein the additive comprises antioxidants, ultraviolet light absorbing agents, catalyst metal deactivators, colorants, acetaldehyde reducing or oxidizeable compounds, reheat rate enhancing aids, sticky bottle additives, or oxygen barrier materials, or combinations thereof. 34. The method of claim 1, wherein the additive comprises phosphorus atoms, and the polymer melt comprises catalyst metal atoms, and a ratio of the phosphorus atoms to the catalyst metal atoms ranges from 0.3:1 to 5:1. 35. The method of claim 34, wherein the ratio of the phosphorus atoms to the catalyst metal atoms ranges from 0.7:1 to 2:1. 36. The method of claim 1, wherein the additive is a solid fed to the slipstream polyester polymer melt through an extruder as an additive melt. 37. The method of claim 1, wherein the additive containing slipstream is fed to the reactor above a liquid level in the reactor. 38. The method of claim 1, wherein the additive is fed into the slipstream polyester polymer melt in solid form. 39. The method of claim 1, wherein the additive is at least one selected from the group consisting of a phosphate triester, an acidic phosphorous compound, an ester of an acidic phosphorous compound, an amine salt of an acidic phosphorous-containing compound and a phosphorous compound having at least one oxyacid group. 40. The method of claim 1, wherein the slipstream polyester polymer melt remains molten during the feeding (d) and the feeding (e).
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