Abstract:
New bi-or multimodal polyethylene terpolymer made with a metallocene catalyst having a narrow molecular weight distribution and enhanced rheological properties, i.e. specific ratio of complex viscosity at 0.01 rad/s to the viscosityat 100 rad/s measured at 190°C and a specific shear thinning behaviour.
Abstract:
A racemic metallocene complex of formula (I') wherein each X is a sigma donor ligand; L is a carbon, silicon or germanium based divalent bridge in which one or two backbone atoms link the ligands; M is Ti, Zr or Hf; each Het is independently a monocyclic or multicyclic heteroaromatic or heterocyclic group containing at least one heteroatom selected from O, N or S; each R1 is the same or different and is a linear C1-10 alkyl group, or linear C1-10 alkoxy, each n is 0 to 3; each R2 is the same or different and is a -Si(RaRbRc) group; Ra is C1-10 alkyl or phenyl group optionally substituted by 1 to 3 C1-6 alkyl groups; Rb is C1-10 alkyl or phenyl group optionally substituted by 1 to 3 C1-6 alkyl groups; Rc is a phenyl group optionally substituted by 1 to 3 C1-6 alkyl groups; and each p is 1 to 3.
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of an ultra-high molecular weight ethylene homopolymer having a MFR 21 of 0.01 g/10min or less, said process comprising: (I) prepolymerising at least ethylene at a temperature of 0 to 90°C in the presence of a heterogeneous Ziegler Natta catalyst to prepare an ethylene prepolymer having an Mw of 40,000 to 600,000 g/mol; and thereafter in the presence of the prepolymer and said catalyst; (II) polymerising ethylene at a temperature of 55 °C or less, such as 20 to 55 °C, to prepare said UHMW ethylene homopolymer; wherein the UHMW ethylene homopolymer comprises up to 8 wt.% of said prepolymer.
Abstract:
The invention provides process for separating hydrogen from a fluid feed stream in a polymerisation process, comprising the steps i) polymerising an olefin monomer and optionally at least one olefin comonomer in the presence of a solvent, optionally in the presence of hydrogen, so as to form a polymerisation reaction mixture comprising a polyolefin polymer, unreacted monomer(s), solvent andhydrogen; ii) separating said polyolefin polymer from said unreacted monomer(s), solvent and hydrogen, and optionally feeding said unreacted monomer(s), solvent and hydrogen to a heat exchanger,so as to produce said fluid feed stream comprising unreacted monomer(s), solvent and hydrogen; and iii) contacting said fluid feed stream with a heterogeneous hydrogenation catalyst so as to form a hydrogen-lean fluid stream.
Abstract:
Procatalyst comprising an inorganic support, a chlorine compound carried on said support, a magnesium compound carried on said support, a titanium compound carried on said support, and a C 1 to C 6 alkyl substituted tetrahydrofuran as electron donor.
Abstract:
The disclosure relates to a process for polymerising olefins in multi stage polymerisation process configuration, the process comprising a) polymerising in a first polymerisation step ethylene, optionally in the presence of at least one other alpha olefin comonomer, in the presence of a polymerisation catalyst so as to form a first polymer component (A); and b) polymerising in a second polymerisation step in gas phase a predetermined monomer mixture comprising ethylene and 1-hexene, optionally in the presence of at least one other alpha olefin comonomer, in the presence of the first polymer component (A) of step a), so as to form a second polymer component (B), wherein the multimodal polyethylene polymer produced by the present process comprises 1-hexene comonomer and at least one further C4-10-comonomer, and wherein the predetermined monomer mixture comprising ethylene and 1-hexene is fed into the second polymerisation step from the beginning of its start up. The disclosure further relates to use of 1-hexene in a gas phase olefin polymerisation step for improving performance of single-site polymerisation catalyst in multi-stage olefin copolymerisation process. The disclosure still further relates to a method for improving performance of single-site polymerisation catalyst in a multi-stage olefin polymerisation comprising feeding a predetermined monomer mixture comprising ethylene and 1-hexene into the gas phase polymerisation step from the beginning of its start up.
Abstract:
The invention provides a process for the preparation of a multimodal ethylene polymer in a multistage process in the presence of a catalyst comprising a complex of formula (lx) wherein each X is a sigma donor ligand; each Het is independently a monocyclic or multicyclic heteroaromatic or heterocyclic group containing at least one heteroatom selected from O, N or S; L is a carbon, silicon or germanium based divalent bridge in which one or two backbone atoms link the ligands; M is Ti, Zr or Hf; each R1 is the same or different and is a linear CMO alkyl group, or linear CHO alkoxy, each n is 0 to 3; each R2 is the same or different and is a C1-10 alkyl group, C1-10 alkoxy group or -Si(R)3 group; each R is the same or different and is C1-10 alkyl or phenyl group optionally substituted by 1 to 3 C1-6 alkyl groups; and eachp is 0 to 3;
Abstract:
Catalyst system, the catalyst system comprising (i) at least one metallocene complex of formula (I) wherein Mt1 is Hf, X is a sigma-donor ligand, R 1 , R 2 , R 3 are the same or different from each other and can be hydrogen or a saturated linear or branched C 1 -C 10 alkyl, whereby the alkyl group can optionally contain up to 2 heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16 of the periodic table, or R 1 and R 2 or R 2 and R 3 can form a ring having 4 to 6 C-atoms and 1 to 3 double bonds, R 4 and R 5 are the same or different from each other and can be saturated linear or branched C 1 -C 10 alkyl, C 5 -C 10 aryl, C 6 -C 20 alkylaryl or C 6 -C 20 arylalkyl groups, which can optionally contain up to 2 heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16 of the periodic table, n can be 1 to 5, Ar is a C 6 -C 20 -aryl or -heteroarylgroup, which can be unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 5 linear or branched C 1 - C 10 alkyl group(s), and (ii) an aluminoxane cocatalyst and (iii) optionally an aluminium alkyl compound AI(R 7 ) 3 , with R 7 being a linear or branched C 2 -C 8 - alkyl group.
Abstract:
Procatalyst comprising an inorganic support, a chlorine compound carried on said support, a magnesium compound carried on said support, a titanium compound carried on said support, and a compound comprising two oxygen containing rings, wherein said two rings are linked via a bridge selected from the group consisting of carbon bridge, silicon bridge, ethane-1.2- diyl bridge, ethene-1,2-diyl bridge, alkylaminomethyl bridge and imine bridge.
Abstract:
The disclosure relates to à process for polymerising olefins in multi stage polymerisation process configuration, the process comprising a) polymerising in a first polymerisation step first olefin monomer, optionally in the presence of at least one other alpha olefin comonomer, in the presence of a metallocene polymerisation catalyst so as to form a first polymer component (A); and b) transferring the first polymer component (A) into a separation unit to remove low molecule penetrants and to obtain separated solid polyolefin particles of the first polymer component (A*) and c) polymerising in in gas phase in a second polymerisation step second olefin monomer, optionally in the presence of at least one other alpha olefin comonomer in the presence of the separated solid polyolefin particles (A*) of step b), so as to form a second polymer component (B). The disclosure further relates to a method for improving performance of a metallocene polymerisation catalyst in a multi-stage olefin polymerisation, wherein a first polymer component (A) produced in a first polymerisation step is transferred into a separation unit to remove low molecule penetrants and to obtain separated solid polyolefin particles of the first polymer component (A*) prior to transferring the obtained separated solid polyolefin particles of the first polymer component (A*) to a further polymerisation step.