Abstract:
A process for polymerizing ethylene to obtain an ethylene-based polymer in a plant, wherein the plant includes a reactor in fluid communication with a recycle connection, wherein the process comprises a polymerization phase, a partial shutdown phase, and the steps of reducing the pressure in the reactor for entering from the polymerization phase into the partial shutdown phase; and increasing the pressure in the reactor for exiting from the partial shutdown phase and re-entering the polymerization phase.
Abstract:
Process for separating polymeric and gaseous components of a reaction mixture obtained by high-pressure polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of free-radical polymerization initiators, the process comprising the steps of entering the reaction mixture into a separation vessel; separating the reaction mixture into in a gaseous fraction and a liquid fraction; and withdrawing the gaseous fraction from the top of the separation vessel and withdrawing the liquid fraction from the bottom of the separation vessel, wherein the separation is carried out at a pressure of from 15 MPa to 50 MPa and a temperature of from 120°C to 300°C; the separation vessel has a vertically arranged cylindrical shape with a ratio of length to diameter L/D of from 4 to 10 and is equipped with an inlet pipe for introducing the reaction mixture into the separation vessel; the inlet pipe extends vertically from the top into the separation vessel; and the ratio of the inner diameter of the inlet pipe at its lower end and the inner diameter of the separating vessel in its cylindrical part is in the range of from 0.2 to 0.4 and process for preparing ethylene homopolymers or copolymers from ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of free-radical polymerization initiators at temperatures from 100°C to 350°C and pressures in the range of from 110 MPa to 500 MPa in a polymerization reactor comprising a such process for separating polymeric and gaseous components.
Abstract:
Process for separating esters of vinyl alcohol from a gas stream comprising from 70 to 99.5% by weight of ethylene and from 0.5 to 30% by weight of esters of vinyl alcohol being at a pressure in the range of from 0.5 MPa to 10 MPa and a temperature in the range of from 5°C to 50°C comprising the steps of a) cooling the gas stream in a first heat exchanger by means of a cooling medium to a temperature of from -5°C to 40°C; b) withdrawing the not condensed part of the gas stream from the first heat exchanger and transferring it to a second heat exchanger; c) cooling the gas stream in the second heat exchanger to a temperature of from -20°C to 5°C; d) withdrawing the not condensed part of the gas stream from the second heat exchanger, reducing the pressure of the gas stream to from 0.5 MPa to 3 MPa and transferring it to a separation vessel; e) withdrawing the not condensed part of the gas stream from the separation vessel and transferring it as cooling medium to the second heat exchanger; and f) withdrawing the cooling medium as ethylene gas stream with a reduced content of esters of vinyl alcohol from the second heat exchanger, and process for copolymerizing ethylene and esters of vinyl alcohol in the presence of free-radical polymerization initiators at pressures in the range of from 110 MPa to 500 MPa and temperatures in the range of from 100°C to 350°C in a continuously operated polymerization apparatus comprising such a process for separating esters of vinyl alcohol from a gas stream comprising from 70 to 99.5% by weight of ethylene and from 0.5 to 30% by weight of esters of vinyl alcohol.
Abstract:
A process for polymerizing ethylene in a high-pressure polymerization system comprising a continuously operated polymerization reactor and a reactor blow down system comprising an emergency valve, a reactor blow down vessel containing an aqueous medium and a reactor blow down dump vessel, wherein the process comprises monitoring the polymerization system with respect to an occurrence of a disturbance, opening the emergency valve in case of a disturbance to allow the content of the polymerization system to expand into the reactor blow down vessel, contacting content in the reactor blow down vessel with the aqueous medium to obtain an aqueous polymer slurry, separating the polymer slurry and gaseous components and transferring the polymer slurry to the reactor blow down dump vessel.
Abstract:
Process for separating polymeric and gaseous components of a reaction mixture obtained by high-pressure polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of free-radical polymerization initiators, the process comprising the steps of entering the reaction mixture into a separation vessel; separating the reaction mixture into in a gaseous fraction and a liquid fraction; and withdrawing the gaseous fraction from the top of the separation vessel and withdrawing the liquid fraction from the bottom of the separation vessel, wherein the separation is carried out at a pressure of from 15 MPa to 50 MPa and a temperature of from 120°C to 300°C; the filling level of the liquid fraction in the separation vessel is measured by a radiometric level measurement system comprising at least two radio-active sources and at least three radiation detectors and the filling level is controlled by a product discharge valve which operates based on data coming from the level measurement system, and wherein radioactive sources are installed at at least two different heights of the separation vessel, and radiation detectors are installed at least three different heights of the separation vessel and process for preparing ethylene homopolymers or copolymers from ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of free-radical polymerization initiators at temperatures from 100°C to 350°C and pressures in the range of from 110 MPa to 500 MPa in a polymerization reactor comprising a such a process for separating polymeric and gaseous components.
Abstract:
Vessel for separating, at a pressure of from 10 MPa to 50 MPa, a composition comprising liquid components and gaseous components into a liquid fraction and a gaseous fraction, wherein the separation vessel has a cylindrical shape and is vertically arranged, the separation vessel has at its top a manhole, which is surrounded by a thickened part of the separation vessel wall; the separation vessel is equipped with means for introducing the composition into the separation vessel, with means for withdrawing a gaseous fraction from the top of the separation vessel, and with means for withdrawing a liquid fraction from the bottom of the separation vessel; and the separation vessel bears at least one bursting disc which is held by a bursting disc holder which is installed pressure-tight within a boring in the thickened part of the separation vessel wall, process for separating, at a pressure of from 10 MPa to 50 MPa, a composition comprising liquid components and gaseous components into a liquid fraction and a gaseous fraction, and process for preparing ethylene homopolymers or copolymers from ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of free-radical polymerization initiators at temperatures from 100°C to 350°C and pressures in the range of from 1 10 MPa to 500 MPa in a polymerization reactor, wherein the separation of the reaction mixture obtained by the polymerization is carried out in such a separation vessel.
Abstract:
In a method of removing volatile oxidizable compounds from particles present in a container, a gas stream is continuously introduced into the container, the gas stream takes up the oxidizable compound from the particles in the container and a gas stream laden with the oxidizable compound is discharged from the container. In the method of the present invention, oxygen is added to the gas stream which has been discharged and the oxidizable compound present in the discharged gas stream is subsequently at least partly catalytically oxidized by means of the oxygen and this oxidized gas stream forms at least part of the gas stream introduced, so that the gas stream is circulated. This makes safe and inexpensive removal of the oxidizable compounds from the particles possible.