Abstract:
Catalyst systems and methods for making and using the same are provided. The catalyst system can include a catalyst compound having (1) at least one cyclopentadienyl ligand and at least one heteroatom ligand; (2) two non-bridged cyclopentadienyl ligands; or (3) two or more heteroatom ligands. The catalyst system further comprise a support comprising fluorinated silica. The support may be essentially free of alumina. The catalyst system further comprises an aluminoxane, preferably methylaluminoxane, modified methylaluminoxane, or a combination thereof.
Abstract:
Catalyst systems and methods for making and using the same. A method for making a catalyst support includes forming a mixture of a support material and a fluoride donor. The mixture is added to a fluidized bed reactor. The mixture is fluidized to form a fluidized bed while maintaining a ratio of a pressure drop across a distributor plate to a pressure drop across the fluidized bed of greater than about 7 %. The mixture is calcined to decompose the fluoride donor, forming a fluorinated support.
Abstract:
Catalyst systems and methods for making and using the same. A method for making a catalyst support includes forming a mixture of a support material and a fluoride donor. The mixture is added to a fluidized bed reactor. The mixture is fluidized to form a fluidized bed while maintaining a flow rate of a fluidizing gas of about 0.1 ft. / sec at less than about 370 °C and greater than about 0.35 ft./ sec at temperatures greater than about 370 °C. The mixture is calcined to decompose the fluoride donor, forming a fluorinated support.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are various methods and systems for gas and liquid phase polymer production. In certain embodiments, the methods comprise manipulating properties of polymers produced by adjusting the hydrogen feed rate.
Abstract:
Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to olefin polymerization catalysts, and more specifically to chromium-based catalysts and methods of use of chromium-based catalysts for the production of polyolefins, and even more specifically to methods for controlling or tailoring the flow index response of chromium-based catalysts through the controlled addition of a reducing agent to the catalysts under controlled mixing conditions.
Abstract:
Catalyst systems and methods for making and using the same are provided. The catalyst systems can include a plurality of silica particles and a metallocene catalyst and an activator supported on the plurality of silica particles. The polymerization catalysts have a particle size distribution in which about 10 % of the particles have a size less than about 17 to about 23 micrometers, about 50 % of the particles have a size less than about 40 to about 45 micrometers, and about 90 % of the particles have a size less than about 72 to about 77 micrometers.
Abstract:
Methods for making olefin polymerization catalysts and methods for making polymers using the catalysts are provided. The method for making the catalyst can include combining one or more supports with one or more magnesium-containing compounds under reaction conditions to form a first reacted product. One or more chlorinating compounds selected from the group consisting of aluminum alkyl chlorides and chloro substituted silanes can be combined with the first reacted product under reaction conditions to form a second reacted product. One or more titanium-containing compounds selected from the group consisting of titanium alkoxides and titanium halides can be combined with the second reacted product under reaction conditions to form a catalyst.
Abstract:
The present invention is broadly directed to various methods and systems for gas and liquid phase polymer production. In certain embodiments, the methods are performed in conjunction with a polymerization reactor system such as gas phase reactor system or liquid phase reactor system. The invention is also broadly directed to various systems in which polymer properties are manipulated by addition of DEALE directly to a polymerization reactor system.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are methods of controlling polymer properties in polymerization processes that use a chromium-based catalyst. An embodiment discloses a method of producing a polyolefin comprising: contacting a reaction mixture and a reduced chromium oxide catalyst in a gas-phase reactor to produce the polyolefin, wherein the reaction mixture comprises a monomer and a co-monomer; and changing a reaction temperature in the gas- phase reactor by about 1° C or more whereby a gas molar ratio of the co-monomer to the monomer is changed by about 2% or more and a co-monomer content of the polyolefin at substantially constant density is changed by about 2% or more. Additional methods and compositions are also provided.