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公开(公告)号:US11078301B2
公开(公告)日:2021-08-03
申请号:US16302806
申请日:2017-06-22
Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
Inventor: Cornelis J F Hosman , Nhi T. Y. Dang , Otto J. Berbee , Joaquin Flores
IPC: C08F2/34 , B01J12/00 , C08F2/01 , B01J3/02 , B01J3/04 , C08F6/00 , C08F10/02 , A46B11/06 , B05C17/005 , C08F2/00 , C08F210/02
Abstract: A high pressure polymerization, as described herein, to form an ethylene-based polymer, comprising the following steps: polymerizing a reaction mixture comprising ethylene, using a reactor system comprising at least three ethylene-based feed streams and a reactor configuration that comprises at least four reaction zones, and at least one of the following a) through c), is met: (a) up to 100 wt % of the ethylene stream to the first zone comes from a high pressure recycle, and/or up to 100 wt % of the last ethylene stream to a zone comes from the output from a Primary compressor system; and/or (b) up to 100 wt % of the ethylene stream to first zone comes from the output from a Primary compressor system, and/or up to 100 wt % of the last ethylene stream to a zone comes from a high pressure recycle; and/or (c) the ethylene stream to the first zone, and/or the last ethylene stream to a zone, each comprises a controlled composition; and wherein each ethylene stream to a zone receives an output from two or more cylinders of the last compressor stage of a Hyper compressor system.
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公开(公告)号:US10941220B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-09
申请号:US16307371
申请日:2017-06-23
Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
Inventor: Otto J. Berbee , Stefan Hinrichs , Hayley A. Brown , Bharat I. Chaudhary , John O. Osby , Teresa P. Karjala
IPC: C08F218/08 , C08F2/01 , C08F2/00 , B01J19/24 , C08F210/02 , C08F210/16 , C08F230/08
Abstract: A high pressure polymerization process to form an ethylene-based polymer, the process comprising at least the following step: polymerizing a reaction mixture comprising ethylene and at least one comonomer, using a reactor system comprising a reactor configuration, and the following: (A) at least two reaction zones, a zone (reaction zone 1) and an ith zone (reaction zone i where i≥2), (B) at least two ethylene-based feed streams, each comprising a percentage of the total make-up ethylene fed to the polymerization process, and wherein a first stream is sent to reaction zone 1 and a second stream is sent to reaction zone i; (C) a control system to control the percentage of the total make-up ethylene in the stream sent to reaction zone 1, and the percentage of the total make-up ethylene in the stream sent to reaction zone i, and wherein the ratio (Q) of the molar concentration of the at least one comonomer fed to the first reaction zone, to the molar concentration of comonomer in the sum of all ethylene-based feeds to the reactor configuration, meets the following Equation 1: 0.23 ln(r1)−2.16≤Q≤−0.25 ln(r1)+2.15 (Equation 1); and wherein the comonomer has a reactivity ratio (r1) as follow: 0.3≤r1≤5.0, and a boiling point (1 atm)≤150° C.
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公开(公告)号:US10696757B2
公开(公告)日:2020-06-30
申请号:US15769285
申请日:2016-11-10
Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
Inventor: Otto J. Berbee , Joaquin Flores , Cornelis J F Hosman , Nhi Dang
Abstract: A process is provided to form an ethylene-based polymer, in the presence of at least one free-radical, said process comprises at least the following: polymerizing a mixture comprising ethylene, in a reactor configuration comprising at least three reaction zones, and comprising two ethylene feed streams, and wherein the ratio (RLCBf40%), in percent, of the “LCB content of the first 40 wt % of the total polymer formed” to “the total LCB content in the final polymer” is ≤22.5%; and wherein the amount of ethylene, and optionally one or more comonomers, and optionally one or more CTAs, fed to the first reaction zone, is from 40 mole % to 80 mole %, based on the total moles of ethylene, and optionally one or more comonomers, and optionally one or more CTAs, fed to the polymerization.
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公开(公告)号:US10654955B2
公开(公告)日:2020-05-19
申请号:US15311452
申请日:2015-06-24
Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
Inventor: John O. Osby , Teresa P. Karjala , Otto J. Berbee , James L. Cooper
IPC: C08F210/02 , C08G67/02 , C08L23/08 , C09D123/08 , C08G65/332
Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising an ethylene-based polymer, comprising at least the following: A) a unit derived from Carbon Monoxide (CO); and B) a unit derived from at least one Rheology Modifying Agent (RMA) selected from the following RMA1, RMA2, RMA3, RMA4, RMA5, each as described herein, or a combination thereof.
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公开(公告)号:US10457757B2
公开(公告)日:2019-10-29
申请号:US15574310
申请日:2016-06-30
Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
Inventor: Christopher R. Eddy , Jeffery S. Bradley , Otto J. Berbee , Sarat Munjal , Bryan Gutermuth
IPC: C08F210/02 , B01J3/00 , B01J3/04
Abstract: A process to form an ethylene-based polymer comprising, in polymerized form, ethylene and at least one acid comonomer, said process comprising polymerizing a reaction mixture comprising the ethylene and the acid comonomer, in a reactor configuration comprising at least one Secondary compressor, at least one pressurization device, and at least one reactor selected from the following: at least one autoclave reactor, at least one tubular reactor, or a combination thereof; and wherein the reaction mixture is polymerized in the presence of at least one free-radical initiator, and at a pressure of at least 1000 Bar; and wherein at least a portion of a comonomer composition comprising at least a portion of the acid comonomer used in the polymerization, is compressed, to form a compressed comonomer composition, in the pressurization device, up to a discharge pressure ranging from 1000 Bar to 4000 Bar, and at a discharge temperature (DT) from 10 C to 100 C; and wherein the compressed comonomer composition bypasses the Secondary compressor, and is fed, downstream from the Secondary compressor, into the reactor, and/or into one or more feed streams to the reactor.
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公开(公告)号:US20190194361A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-27
申请号:US16307371
申请日:2017-06-23
Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
Inventor: Otto J. Berbee , Stefan Hinrichs , Hayley A. Brown , Bharat I. Chaudhary , John O. Osby , Teresa P. Karjala
IPC: C08F2/01 , C08F2/00 , C08F210/02 , C08F210/16 , C08F218/08 , C08F230/08 , B01J19/24
CPC classification number: C08F2/01 , B01J19/2415 , B01J2219/00162 , B01J2219/00182 , C08F2/00 , C08F2/001 , C08F210/02 , C08F210/16 , C08F218/08 , C08F230/08 , C08F216/08 , C08F216/34
Abstract: A high pressure polymerization process to form an ethylene-based polymer, the process comprising at least the following step: polymerizing a reaction mixture comprising ethylene and at least one comonomer, using a reactor system comprising a reactor configuration, and the following: (A) at least two reaction zones, a zone (reaction zone 1) and an ith zone (reaction zone i where i≥2), (B) at least two ethylene-based feed streams, each comprising a percentage of the total make-up ethylene fed to the polymerization process, and wherein a first stream is sent to reaction zone 1 and a second stream is sent to reaction zone i; (C) a control system to control the percentage of the total make-up ethylene in the stream sent to reaction zone 1, and the percentage of the total make-up ethylene in the stream sent to reaction zone i, and wherein the ratio (Q) of the molar concentration of the at least one comonomer fed to the first reaction zone, to the molar concentration of comonomer in the sum of all ethylene-based feeds to the reactor configuration, meets the following Equation 1: 0.23 ln(r1)−2.16≤Q≤−0.25 ln(r1)+2.15 (Equation 1); and wherein the comonomer has a reactivity ratio (r1) as follow: 0.3≤r1≤5.0, and a boiling point (1 atm)≤150° C.
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公开(公告)号:US10273318B2
公开(公告)日:2019-04-30
申请号:US15527853
申请日:2015-12-18
Inventor: Cornelis J F Hosman , Otto J. Berbee , Sergio E. Goncalves , Nhi Dang
Abstract: The invention provides a process to prepare an ethylene-based polymer, said process comprising polymerizing ethylene in the presence of at least one initiator system selected from the following: a) class 1 initiator system, b) class 2 initiator system, c) class 3 initiator system, or d) a combination thereof; and at a inlet pressure (P2) greater than, or equal to, 1000 Bar (100 MPa); and in a reactor system comprising at least one hyper compressor and a reactor configuration comprising at least one reactor, which comprises at least one reaction zone; and wherein the inlet pressure (P2) is reduced by at least 200 Bar, as compared to a similar polymerization, in the same reactor system, except it is operated at a higher inlet pressure (P1), and at a different hyper compressor throughput, and at a different maximum temperature for at least one reaction zone, and optionally, at a different amount of CTA system fed to the reactor configuration; and wherein, for the process, the “Ratio of total reactor consumption of the highest temperature class initiator system(s) (Y)” meets the following Equation D: 0.95*x^((P1−P2)/10 MPa)
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公开(公告)号:US20180171047A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-21
申请号:US15736921
申请日:2016-06-23
Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
Inventor: Otto J. Berbee , Stefan Hinrichs , Sean W. Ewart , John O. Osby
Abstract: A process to form an ethylene-based polymer comprises polymerizing a reaction mixture comprising ethylene, at least one symmetrical polyene and at least one chain transfer agent system comprising at least one chain transfer agent (CTA) in the presence of at least one free-radical initiator and in a reactor configuration comprising at least two reaction zones, reaction zone 1 and reaction zone i (i≥2), wherein reaction zone i is downstream from reaction zone 1. The ratio of “the activity of the CTA system of the feed to the first reaction zone” to the “activity of the CTA system of the cumulative feed to the reaction zone i,” (Z1/Zi), is less than or equal to (0.8-0.2*log(Cs)), wherein Cs is from 0.0001 to 10.
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公开(公告)号:US20180127523A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-10
申请号:US15574291
申请日:2016-06-23
Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
Inventor: Stefan Hinrichs , Cornelis F. J. Den Doelder , Nhi T. Y. Dang , Otto J. Berbee
IPC: C08F110/02
CPC classification number: C08F110/02 , B01J19/2415 , C08F2/001 , C08F2/01 , C08F2/38 , C08F4/38 , C08F2400/02 , C08F2500/08 , C08F2500/12 , Y02P20/582 , C08F2500/17
Abstract: The invention provides an ethylene homopolymer formed from a free-radical, high pressure polymerization process in a tubular reactor system, said homopolymer comprising the following properties: (A) a density from 0.9190 to 0.9250 g/cc; (B) a hexane extractable level that is less than, or equal to, 2.6 wt %, based on the total weight of the polymer; (C) a G′ (at G″=500 Pa, 170 C) that meets the following equation: G′≥D+E[log (I2)], where D=150 Pa and E=−60 Pa/[log(dg/min)]; and (D) a melt in dex (I2) from 1.0 to 20 dg/min.
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公开(公告)号:US20180118929A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-03
申请号:US15802183
申请日:2017-11-02
Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
Inventor: Cornelis F. J. den Doelder , Teresa P. Karjala , Otto J. Berbee , Lori L. Kardos
CPC classification number: C08L23/06 , C08J5/18 , C08J2323/06 , C08J2423/06 , C08L23/08 , C08L23/0807 , C08L23/0815 , C08L2203/16 , C08L2205/025 , C08L2207/04 , C08L2207/066
Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising the following: A) a first ethylene-based polymer, formed by a high pressure, free-radical polymerization process, and comprising the following properties: a) a Mw(abs)/Mw(GPC)
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