WO2005099887A1 - Procede de polymerisation catalytique dans un lit fluidifie vertical rotatif - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to catalytic polymerization in a fluidized bed, rotating in a cylindrical reactor thanks to the tangential injection of reactive fluids, gaseous or liquid, from the side wall of the reactor or internal galleries running along this wall, towards a central chimney crossing the reactor from one end to the other, around its axis of symmetry, and provided with regularly distributed openings through which these fluids are discharged.
- the polymerization of a mixture of reactive fluids, gaseous or liquid, containing the monomer or monomers to be polymerized, in a fluidized bed reactor, where the polymer particles which are formed in the presence of a catalytic system are kept in the state fluid, without the aid of agitators, by the upward movement of the mixture of reactive fluids is well known.
- this mixture of reactive fluids When this mixture of reactive fluids is separated from the particles before leaving the reactor, thus delimiting a separation surface, generally horizontal, this mixture of reactive fluids escapes towards the top of the reactor, generally in gaseous form, to be recycled generally in the bottom of the reactor, in liquid or gaseous form, after appropriate treatment in recycling devices.
- mixtures of reactive fluids move by rotating in horizontal sections of a vertical cylindrical reactor, from its side wall, from which they are injected, approximately horizontally and tangentially to this wall, towards openings of a central chimney, which can include several evacuation tubes which can evacuate separately the different mixtures of reactive fluids passing through the different sections of the reactor towards independent purification and recycling devices, in order to maintain compositions and / or temperatures different from these mixtures of reactive fluids in these different sections or areas of the reactor.
- the vertical reactor contains, from one end to the other, a succession of fixed helical coils, surrounding the central chimney at a certain distance from it and fixed against or at a small distance from the side wall of the reactor, in order to entrain upwards the polymer particles, which, driven by the rotation of the mixture of reactive fluids, rotate between the walls of the helical coils. The polymer particles then fall back, under the effect of gravity, into the free space on each side of these walls.
- the polymer particles which are confined by centrifugal force and the helical coils in a vertical fluidized bed, located between the cylindrical side wall of the reactor and an approximately cylindrical separation surface, located between the succession of helical coils and the central chimney , rise between the walls of the helical coils and descend on each side of these walls, following helical trajectories, thus crossing the different zones of the reactor several times before being evacuated, which allows them to be given a bi or multimodal composition homogeneous.
- the reactor can be horizontal, if the force of gravity is replaced by a second succession of fixed helical coils, concentric to the first and oriented in the opposite direction.
- the polymer particles move from right to left under the influence of a succession of helical turns and from left to right under the influence of the other.
- the speed of rotation of the particles must be sufficient for the centrifugal force to be substantially greater than gravity.
- the centrifugal force makes it possible for the mixtures of reactive fluids to pass through the fluidized bed at speeds greater than those permitted in fluidized beds based on gravity alone or to use fluids of a density closer to that of the polymer particles and the approximately cylindrical shape of the fluidized bed makes it possible to obtain a ratio between its surface and its thickness of an order of magnitude greater than the ratios obtained in conventional fluidized beds.
- FIG. 1 shows the projection of a half section of a vertical cylindrical reactor, used to polymerize, in the presence of a catalytic system, particles in suspension in a mixture of reactive fluids, liquid or gaseous. We can see the section of its side wall (2) and its axis of cylindrical symmetry (1).
- a device for injecting mixtures of reactive fluids into the reactor is shown diagrammatically by a section cylinder (3) which runs a short distance along the lateral surface of the reactor and which is perforated with numerous holes (4).
- the space between this cylinder and the wall of the reactor is divided into several sections by annular partitions (5) and it is supplied with mixtures of reactive fluids under pressure by inlet tubes (6).
- These mixtures of reactive fluids are injected into the reactor approximately horizontally and tangentially to its wall by numerous injection tubes which pass through the holes of this perforated cylinder and from which we see the outlets (7), which come out of the surface of this cylinder. in the background.
- the injection is done in the direction of the arrows, that is to say from left to right.
- a device for discharging mixtures of reactive fluids is shown diagrammatically by a central nozzle (8) passing through the reactor, from top to bottom, around its axis of symmetry (1), and comprising numerous openings (9), distributed regularly along its surface and profiled in order to facilitate the entry of fluids rotating rapidly in the reactor and to guide them towards its exits.
- the central nozzle is divided by partitions of which we see the sections (10), which delimit independent zones, connected to the outside by the main outlet tubes (8.1) and (8.2) and an inner outlet tube (11) .
- These tubes are connected to cooling, purifying and / or separation devices (12) from which the fluids are recycled by the inlet tubes (6) which supply the zones of the reactor which are more or less at the same level as the areas of the central nozzle from which these recycled fluids come. In this way the fluids move inside approximately horizontal sections of the reactor, which makes it possible to limit their mixing between the different zones.
- the centrifugal force pushes the particles towards the wall of the perforated cylinder.
- a cylindrical free space called the relatively thin lateral free space, between the succession of helical coils and the perforated cylinder, allows the polymer particles, which are mounted in the ascending helical channel, to descend under the effect of gravity and centrifugal force, at the bottom of the reactor. If the speed of rotation and therefore the upward flow of the particles in the ascending helical channel is sufficient, this thin space will be insufficient to allow all of the particles to descend there.
- the particles suspended in the fluids will accumulate in the ascending helical channel until the surface of the fluidized bed reaches the cylindrical free space, called the relatively large central free space, located between the central nozzle and all of the helical coils, allowing the rest of the particles to fall back to the bottom of the reactor and to the fluids, which, having turned in the ascending channel, have risen a little, to descend to the level of the zone of the central nozzle which roughly corresponds to the input they used.
- the helical turns are characterized by their width (14) and therefore also that of the ascending helical channel, the widths (15) and (16) of the central and lateral free space, their pitch (17) and finally the height (18).
- the pitch of the helical turns (17) is equal to the distance (18) which separate them, the succession of turns can form a continuous fixed helical helix.
- the pitch of the helical turns (17) is smaller than the height (18) of the ascending channel.
- the polymer particles must make an average of a number of turns equal to the ratio of the height of the channel ascending and not from the turns before going from one turn to the upper turn.
- the pitch of the turns can also be greater than the height of the ascending channel and the dimensions of the turns can vary from one turn to another. You can change one turn without removing the others, by rotating it to the top of the reactor.
- One or more feeders (19) allow the catalyst or catalytic polymerization system to be introduced into the reactor and one or more openings (20) at the bottom or anywhere along the reactor allow exit polymer particles in suspension in fluids.
- the central free space must be sufficiently large and the speed of injection of fluids into the reactor must be sufficient to rotate the fluids and the particles entrained by the fluids at a rotational speed fast enough for centrifugal force to ensure good separation between particles and fluids before the latter enter the central nozzle, thus forming a fluidized bed whose separation surface is located in the central free space between the nozzle central and the set of helical coils.
- Figure 1 also shows the possibility of inserting into the central nozzle supply tubes (22) connected to injectors (23) spraying liquids inside the reactor in selected areas.
- the devices for feeding and evacuating fluids and the helical coils can have different shapes and different dimensions.
- Figures 2 to 6 show some examples which can be used in combination.
- Figure 2.a shows the projection of a section of the middle part of the reactor (2) in which the device for supplying fluids in the reactor is provided by injection tubes (7), which are regularly distributed over the along a helical gallery (24) and (25), against the side wall of the reactor and called the descending helical gallery, if it winds in the opposite direction of the succession of ascending helical turns and Figure 2.b shows , inside the same part of the same reactor (2), ascending helical coils (13) of different dimensions and a fluid evacuation device composed of flared or curved conical nozzles, shown in full, (31) and (32), or in section, (33) and (34), fitting one into the other.
- the three upper turns of the descending helical gallery show their face (25) located against the reactor in the foreground, while only the part of the other turns of the gallery located in the background is shown with its inner faces (24) and its hollow sections (26).
- This helical gallery is supplied by the inlet tubes (6) located, in this figure, every three half turns of the gallery.
- its height varies in large proportions. It is maximum (27), opposite the inlet tubes, and minimum (28), midway between the inlet tubes, where the circulation of the fluid in the gallery is almost zero.
- the width (29) of the gallery is constant, as well as the height (30) of the helical free space, between the turns of the gallery, called the descending helical channel.
- the conical nozzles, from (31) to (34), are fixed around the inner outlet tubes (11) or in their flared (35) or curved (36) conical end. They are separated by fins, not visible, in order to guide the fluids rotating around them towards the outputs of the reactor and to ensure their regular distribution.
- An insert (37) connects the upper nozzles to the lower nozzles in order to stiffen this set of nozzles called the central chimney.
- the diameter of the conical nozzles narrows as they approach the insert (37), because the flow of fluid going up or down inside of these decreases there.
- the arrows (41) and (42) show that the fluids move from right to left in the foreground and from left to right in the background.
- the dimensions of the various devices can vary from one zone to another of the reactor.
- the pitch (17.1) of the ascending helical turns, the heights (27.1> and (28.1) of the descending helical gallery, the height (30.1) of the descending helical channel and the diameter of the inlet tubes have been greatly reduced so increase the number of revolutions that the polymer particles must go through in this zone, called the separation or transition zone, and therefore their transfer time between the lower zone and the upper zone of the reactor, in order to extract the fluids therefrom undesirable before moving into the other zone.
- the upper ascending helical coil (13.1) in the frame (31) has been narrowed towards the center by a width (39) on the outside and (40) on the interior to allow all of the particles fall back into the enlarged lateral free space and prevent them from falling into the narrowed central free space, thus delaying the transfer of particles located near the surface of the fluidized bed of the upper area.
- the helical gallery of the reactor in Figure 2 is a second succession of helical turns oriented in the opposite direction from the first, it can be horizontal rather than vertical.
- the descending helical channel can be called the outer or lateral helical channel and the ascending helical channel can be called the inner or central helical channel.
- These channels must be adjusted so that the particle fluxes in the two channels are approximately equal. It is also necessary to take into account the slowing down of the particles of polymers under the effect of gravity when they go up in the upper part of the reactor and conversely an acceleration of the polymer particles when they go down in its lower part. This results in a difference in thickness of the fluidized bed between its upper and lower part which will be greater the lower the speed of rotation. This may require shifting the central stack relative to the axis of cylindrical symmetry of the reactor and altering the cylindrical symmetry of the helical turns. It is also desirable, in order to avoid the fall of polymer particles in the central chimney during stops, to have only openings facing downwards.
- FIGS. 4.a and 4.b show a vertical section, along the plane BB ', and a horizontal section, along the plane AA', of the middle part of another fluid evacuation device composed of cylindrical nozzles sections (46), pierced with openings (9) and fitting into one another.
- Section of fins (47), outside the nozzles, and deflectors (48) inside the nozzles are shown schematically along the openings (13). They convert the rotating component of the fluid flow (49) into a radial component and the radial component into a longitudinal component directed towards the chimney outlets.
- An insert (37) separates the upper part of the chimney from its lower part and the interior tubes, (11.1) and (11.2), evacuate through their flared end, (35) and (36), the fluids coming from the transition zone, of the reactor to purify them in order to be able to maintain distinct compositions of the fluids circulating in the upper and lower parts of the reactor.
- FIG. 5 shows the projection of a vertical section of another model of fluid evacuation device, where part of the flared nozzles (33) has been replaced by a helical ribbon (50) wound on longitudinal fins, not shown in the figure, arranged around the inner tube (11.1) and its flared end (35), the turns of the ribbon being flared and separated from their neighbors by deflectors or fins, not shown, to guide the fluids to the inside the tube thus formed.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a section of part of the transition zone of a reactor where the ascending helical coils are hollow and connected together to form an ascending helical gallery, which replaces the succession of ascending helical coils and the device for supplying fluids along this zone of the reactor.
- the sections of the turns of this gallery include a main part, from (55.1) to (55.6), and a secondary part, (56), of tubular shape, supplied by tubes (57), concentric with the tubes (6) and allowing to spray fine droplets of a liquid flnide near the surface of the fluidized bed.
- the gallery is characterized by the variable average height (58) of its sections, the heights (59) of the sections of the ascending helical channel, the pitch (60) of the gallery, its width (61) which can also vary and the widths (62) and (63) of the lateral and central free space.
- FIG. 6 also shows the cylindrical axis of symmetry (1) and the section (2) of the reactor shell, the sections of the flared conical nozzles (33) or curved (34), the flared conical end (35) or curved (36) of the cross section of the upper or lower inner tube of the fluid discharge device as well as a schematic view of the flow of fluids and particles along its plane.
- the small arrows (64) symbolize the movements of the polymer particles and the arrow lines (65) represent the flow lines of the fluids. The latter first descend into the lateral free space, if the injection of fluids near the side wall of the reactor is slightly oriented downward, in order to facilitate the fall of the polymer particles in this space.
- these fluid flow lines (65) rise in the ascending helical channel by the height of one or several turns, because they travel one or more turns before leaving it. They must then descend into the central free space approximately at the level of the nozzles which correspond to their tube entering the gallery. This can be lower, in order to maintain a downward flow in the central free space to promote the descent of the polymer particles in this space.
- the polymer particles Under the effect of centrifugal force, the polymer particles accumulate along the side wall of the reactor to form a fluidized bed whose surface is, at equilibrium, close to a conical surface whose section with the plane of Figure 6 is the line (66) forming with the horizontal an angle (67) whose tangent is approximately the ratio between the centrifugal force and the force of gravity.
- the starting point of this line is determined at the bottom of the reactor by the particle detectors which adjust the output flow of these particles to keep it at a sufficient distance from the fluid evacuation device.
- the polymer particles located in the ascending helical channel will rise along the first helical turn (55.1) to fall first in its possible lateral free space.
- the particles which fall along the central edge of the gallery follow the direction (68) which is perpendicular to the equilibrium surface, thus forming with the horizontal an angle (69) whose tangent is approximately the ratio of the force of gravity with centrifugal force.
- the difference between the upstream level and the downstream level, called the fall height (70) determines a pressure difference between the upstream and downstream of the turn proportional to the fall height and the result of the centrifugal force and of the force of gravity. It is this pressure difference which determines the downward flow of the particles in the lateral free space. It is approximately equal to the hydrostatic pressure of the fluidized bed over the height of the ascending helical channel, but there may be differences from one turn to another if the dimensions of the turns vary.
- the turns (71.1) are also offset by a distance (74) towards the central nozzles and the turns (71.3) are pressed against the perforated cylindrical wall (3).
- the fluid bed has been divided into several annular zones: the central and lateral, upper and lower zones, the sections of which are respectively delimited by the frames from (77.1) to (77.4), traced using stars.
- the flow lines of the polymer particles are the sets of closed curves from (72.1) to (72.4) respectively in the central and lateral, upper and lower part of the reactor. The direction of their circulation is indicated by arrows. Fluid flow lines are not shown.
- the pitch of the helical turns of the transition zone being three times smaller, the rise of the particles of polymers will be three times slower there.
- the particles rising in the lower lateral zone (77.4) must descend before entering the transition zone and the paxticles rising in the lower central zone (77.3) must descend before entering the upper central zone (77.1 ) on pain of not being able to descend.
- the transition zone is shared between the particles coming from the upper lateral zone (77.2) and from the lower central zone (77.3). It is thus found that in the absence of turbulence the polymer particles circulate inside their respective zones. However, the inevitable turbulence ensures a more or less rapid transfer from one zone to another, along the annular surfaces separating the different zones.
- fluid injectors (76) By judiciously placing fluid injectors (76) along the perforated cylindrical wall (3) of the reactor or deflectors on certain helical coils, it is possible to increase the turbulence locally, in order to accelerate transfers between the different zones according to the polymerization objectives.
- a reduced lateral free space can be left between the sections of the turns (71.3) and the perforated cylindrical wall (3), in order to ensure a minimum direct transfer of polymer particles from the upper lateral zone (77.2) to the lower lateral zone. (77.4), in particular to ensure the transfer downwards of the heaviest particles.
- EL may also have an accumulation of lighter particles in the upper central area of the reactor. To avoid this, an outlet tube for the polymer particles can be provided in this area.
- F ⁇ xV mj 2 (k 2 x F fl + K fr x D r xS lf x H) xV ⁇ p 2 + 2x K SJ - x D r x gxLxPxHx V rp (1)
- F ⁇ is the volumetric flow of the fluid in the given range; E * -.
- V s JV ⁇ generally close to 1, where V s is the speed of exit of the fluids from the fluidized bed; K e r is a coefficient of upward efficiency of the helical turns, close to 1 if the turns are wide and close to each other, and K ⁇ . is a coefficient of friction equal to the percentage of the rotational energy lost by the particles per unit of time due to friction.
- the latter depends, among other things, on the morphology of the particles, on the. proximity of helical turns and their aerodynamics. It can be estimated in pilot units which can simulate the circulation of particles. Knowing that the speed of entry of the fluid is equal to its volumetric flow divided by the sum of the sections of the injection tubes in the section considered, the relation (1) makes it possible to evaluate the average speed of rotation. tion of particles as a function of fluid flow. Several other dimensions can be estimated such as the radial speed of the fluid at the distance R from the center, V rad ; the upward flow of polymer particles, F asc ; the downward flow in the lateral free space,
- F___ K ef L x Px DXV rp where D p is the apparent density of the polymer particles in the fluidized bed;
- F chd k 'x S chd xD p x V ⁇ n] and F ell ⁇ 2 ⁇ xR R ⁇ L ell xD p x 2xgxH cha
- k' an efficiency coefficient close to 1
- S chd is the section of the downward helical channel
- R R is the radius of the reactor
- L ell is the width of the lateral free space
- H cha is the height of the ascending helical channel.
- the downward lateral flows add up and they must be lower than the upward flow so that the helical turns concerned are completely covered by the polymer particles.
- Figure 8 shows on its left three sections of the half section from the top, middle and from the bottom of a re-actor (2), with its cylindrical axis of symmetry (1), comprising two main zones, of which only the ends are represented, the upper and the lower, and a median zone, represented entirely in the middle section.
- the central chimney comprises cylindrical and conical nozzles of section (8), provided with openings
- the main supply device comprises a descending helical gallery, of which the sections (26) are shown, welded to the side wall of the reactor (2) and supplied by tubes (6) and the ascending helical turns, of sections (71 ), are regularly distributed against the interior wall of the descending gallery, with the exception of the pairs of turns, (71.1) and (71.2), which are located at the ends of the middle zone, whose pitch is reduced and which are separated of the descending helical gallery, whose height is reduced.
- the supply of pure ethylene (84) is at the height of the inlet tube (6.2), that of the liquid comonomer (85), generally butene or hexene, is done through the central supply tube (22) in the upper zone and that of a polymerization control reagent, (86), generally hydrogen, is done in the fluid recycling circuit of the lower area.
- D is freed, in the cyclone (88), of any solid particles entrained by the fluid, compressed by the compressor (89), cooled in (90) and freed, in absorbers (91), of the undesirable part of the reagent polymerization control from the lower zone, before being recycled in the upper middle zone.
- the fluid flow (92), originating from the upper middle zone, contains comonomer originating from the upper area. This flow is discharged through the upper inner tube (11.1).
- Part is sent to the recycling circuit from (88) to (91), another part can be sent to the upper zone by the control valve (97.1) and the rest, if it is necessary to significantly reduce the content as a comonomer of the middle zone, is sent to a separator (93) which sends a stream (94) of liquid comonomer saturated with ethylene to the comonomer supply circuit and a stream (95) of ethylene stripped of its comonomer towards the lower middle zone.
- the separator (93) can be a simple fractionation column with low reflux and working at a pressure high, obtained by the compressor (96), preceded by a cyclone not shown. It should be noted that the flows in the middle zone are crossed, which minimizes the quantity of flows that must be purified, and the bypass fitted with a control valve (97.2) which makes it possible to differentiate the hydrogen content of the upper zone and of the middle zone.
- the fluid flow (98) coming from the upper zone is evacuated by the main tube (8.1).
- H is freed of any solid particles in the cyclone (99), cooled in (100) and separated from its possible condensate, of the comonomer saturated with ethylene, in the separator (101).
- the light gas fraction (102) is compressed by the compressor (103) and recycled in the upper zone.
- the condensate (104) is recycled in the comonomer supply circuit.
- the fluid flow (105), coming from the lower zone, is evacuated by the main tube (8.2), cooled in (106) and freed of any polymer particles in (107) before being recycled by the compressor ( 108) in the lower area.
- the polymer particles discharged through the outlet (20) are freed from part of their ethylene in the cyclone (109) before being transferred at (110) to conventional recovery means.
- FIG. 9 shows, projected on the side wall of the middle part of the reactor, the 360 ° development of the ascending helical turns (71) and of the inner wall of the descending helical gallery (24), with its injection tubes (7).
- the fluid flows move in the direction of the arrows, from right to left and for clarity of the drawing, the vertical scale is twice the horizontal scale.
- the supply tubes (6) appear in the form of ellipses. In order to offset them by 90 °, they are arranged every 7/4 of the gallery's turns, where its height (27) is maximum. It is minimum, (28), midway between the tubes (6).
- FIG. 10 diagrams the particle flows (72) in the three reaction zones.
- the horizontal scale has been widened and the gallery and the descending helical channel have been broken down into a perforated wall (3) and a lateral free space.
- the particles located in the central annular zones delimited by the frames drawn with stars, (77.1, (77.3) and (78), circulate in closed circuits, (72.1), ⁇ 72.3) and (79.1), and part of the particles located in the lateral zones also circulate in closed circuits, C72.2), (72.4) and (79.2), if the upward flow generated by the helical turns (71.1) and ( 71.2) is less than the downlink rate of the downlink channel of the adjacent zones.
- the other particles located in the lateral zones pass through the reactor from top to bottom and from bottom to top, following the circuits (80).
- the turbulence ensures a mixture of the particles to inside the different annular zones of the reactor.
- the particles which descend along the surface of the fluidized bed of the upper zone and which have been impregnated with the comonomer injected by the injectors (23), must pass through the upper lateral zone, where their comonomer content will be gradually reduced, before entering the middle zone where their comonomer content will be further reduced. 5
- Each main zone includes 11 inlet tubes (6) of 0.25 m in diameter each supplying a 0.56 m high section of the reactor by a descending helical gallery with an average pitch of 0.32 m, making 7/4 turns between each tube, a width of 0.1 m, a maximum height of 0>, 32 m in front each tube and minimum of 0.04 m at mid-distance between the tubes, leaving a free height of 0.16 m. for the helical channel
- the middle zone includes 3 identical sections, located between two 0.28 m high sections supplied by the two inlet tubes (6.1) and (6.2) of 0.16 m in diameter, through a descending helical gallery having an average pitch reduced by half, a maximum height of 0.16 m and minimum of 0.02 m, leaving a free height of 0.08 m for the descending helical channel.
- 3 identical sections located between two 0.28 m high sections supplied by the two inlet tubes (6.1) and (6.2) of 0.16 m in diameter, through a descending helical gallery having an average pitch reduced by half, a maximum height of 0.16 m and minimum of 0.02 m, leaving a free height of 0.08 m for the descending helical channel.
- the average spacing of the ascending helical turns is about 0.45 m and their width and their pitch varies from 0.6 and 0.15 m respectively in the middle zone to 0.4 and 0.24 m at the ends of the reactor . If the average speed of rotation of the polymer particles varies from 7 to 8 m / sec, taking into account a
- the injection speed of the fluid must be approximately 16 m / sec, if the coefficient of friction, ie the energy loss of the polymer particles due to friction is 5% / It should be around 18 m / sec if the energy loss due to friction is twice as great.
- the total fluid flow is 26 cubic meters per second, or about 3,000 t / h, giving a large cooling capacity and requiring approximately 80 injection tubes (7) of 0.03 m in diameter per 0.56 section
- the average residence time of the fluid in the fluidized bed is less than 2 seconds and that of the polymer particles is approximately 15 minutes, if the polyethylene production capacity is approximately 60 t / h,
- the speed Radial of the fluid near the surface of the fluidized bed is about 0.5 m / sec, which is low enough to allow good separation between the fluidized bed and the fluid, taking into account the centrifugal force.
- the average speed of the particles in the descending helical channel can exceed ÎO m / sec, giving a lateral flow.
- the pitch of these turns depending on whether priority is given to the homogeneity of the particles of polymer or to the differentiation of the reactor zones. If the fluid pressure must be increased, for example to 45 atmospheres, to increase the reaction speed, in order to reach the desired production capacity of 60 th and if the section of the injectors is not modified, the volumetric flow rate of the fluid and the injection speed must be reduced by about 15%, to keep the same speed of rotation of the polymer particles. Since the total fluid flow exceeds 4000 t / h, it can be reduced if necessary, by reducing the diameter or the number of injection tubes, in order to increase the injection speed with a lower flow. This process can operate with fluid pressure above the critical ethylene pressure, to achieve high polyethylene production capacities in smaller reactors.
- the volume of the fluidized bed being smaller, the residence time of the polymer particles will be shorter there.
- the volume of the fluidized bed is only about 15 cubic meters.
- the volume of fluid injected into the reactor can be approximately 8 to 10 cubic meters per second, if the desired production capacity is 60 t / h of polyethylene, and the average residence time of the particles in the reactor is not only about 5 minutes, reducing the number of passages of the particles in each zone of the reactor and therefore their homogeneity.
- Figure 11 shows an enlargement of a central zone of the reactor reduced to the only two sections supplied by the inlet tubes (8.1) and (8.2) to show the balance of the flows and how the polymer particles coming from the upper zone are cleared of the comonomer before entering the lower zone.
- the lower liquid comonomer spraying tube (23) is sufficiently distant from the middle zone to avoid sending comonomer-impregnated particles there, these first having to go up in the upper lateral zone before being able to enter the transition zone.
- the flow of particles descending in the free lateral space and the helical channel descending from the pair of helical coils (71.1) is equal to the flux which goes up in the upper zone of their ascending channel, depending on the pitch of these coils, for example 250 t / h.
- the difference goes to the tube (6.1), as well as the quantity of purified ethylene (95), for example 20 t h.
- the fluid flow (87), containing little comonomer and the unpurified fraction of the fluid flow (92) are introduced in (89) to complete the supply of the tube (6.1), the difference reaches the upper zone through '' a flow control valve (112.1).
- this difference can be introduced directly into the recycling circuit of the upper zone as soon as it leaves the reactor by the bypass. (97.1) of FIG. 8. If the quantity of purified fluid (95) is zero and if the quantity of flux (87) and of pure ethylene (84) is sufficient to supply the middle zone, here represented by the only inputs (6.1) and
- the descending helical gallery was closed in (26.1) and (26.2), midway between the supply tubes (6.1) or (6.2) and the tubes (6) of the adjacent zones, in order to be able to work at a different pressure in the gallery of the transition zone, which allows the flow of fluids to be increased or decreased without varying the flow in the adjacent zones.
- a major malfunction for example the stopping of a compressor, it is possible to inject a non-reactive gas, such as nitrogen, downstream of the faulty compressor and connect the outlet of the cyclone (109) to the safety torch in order to depressurize the reactor while purging it with a non-reactive gas.
- the reaction can be stopped in seconds by injecting poison for the catalyst into each recycling circuit.
- FIG. 12 shows a reactor identical to that of FIG. 8 to which has been added, in the lower main part of the central chimney, a central tube (22.1) for supplying liquid diluent (118) lighter than the comonomer, by example of propane or Pisobutane, connected to injection tubes (23.1) which allow fine droplets to be sprayed onto the fluidized bed.
- the fluid flow (105) leaving the lower main tube (8.2) contains diluent.
- a separator (119) makes it possible, before recycling it, to separate it from a condensate (120) which, in addition to the diluent and the ethylene, has absorbed small amounts of comonomer present in the lower main reactor area.
- Part of this condensate (120) is recycled with the fresh diluent (118) through the central supply tube (28.1) and the other part, to be rid of the comonomer, is sent to the separation column (93).
- This column can also be supplied with a portion of the condensate (104) containing comonomer saturated with diluent and ethylene, in order to reduce the amount of diluent present in the upper zone.
- the gaseous fraction (95) recovered at the top of the column (93) is ethylene saturated with diluent and it is sent to the lower middle zone.
- the liquid fraction (121) is recycled with the fresh diluent (118) through the lower supply tube (22.1).
- the liquid fraction (94) recovered at the bottom of the column (93) is comonomer mixed with quantities of diluent and ethylene which depend on the working conditions of this column.
- This fraction (100) is recycled in the upper zone with the fresh comonomer (85) through the central feed tube (22).
- the purification of the lower main zone takes place by absorption of the comonomer by the diluent in the entire zone, which makes it possible to achieve a relatively high level of purity.
- the data concerning the fluids depend on the pressure, the type of diluent and the quantity of recycled liquid which, by cooling the fluid bed, makes it possible to reduce substantially the quantity of fluid which must be recycled, which requires increasing their injection speed, to obtain a sufficiently high speed of rotation of the polyethylene particles.
- the reactor can be extended or the diameter of the central stack can be reduced.
- the main drawback is the additional cost of introducing a diluent. If the concentration of the diluent increases, the ethylene can be completely dissolved at the injection temperature of the recycled fluid, and thus the recycled fluid supplied to the reactor can be liquid.
- the speed of injection of the fluid into the reactor must be adapted to the increase in its density and to the significant reduction in its flow. volumetric.
- the centrifugal force must be sufficient to separate the liquid fluid from the polymer particles on leaving the fluidized bed, despite its higher density, if the reactor is completely in the liquid phase.
- the pressure in the reactor can be such that the liquid is at boiling temperature there, which makes it possible to fill the central free space with the gaseous fluid originating from its boiling. In this case, it is always possible to have different temperatures in the different zones by varying the concentrations of the diluent in the different zones.
- the evaporation of the fluid is insufficient to ensure the flow necessary for the adequate rotation of the fluidized bed. It is therefore necessary to start in the completely liquid phase or by injecting gas and, to facilitate the elimination of the comonomer, it may be desirable to use a heavier diluent than the comonomer so that the latter preferentially distills.
- FIG. 13 shows diagrammatically the lower section of such a horizontal reactor comprising a first succession of helical coils (71), moving the particles from the left to the right, and a helical gallery (26), one side of which is extended by a second succession of helical turns (122), moving the particles from right to left.
- This fluid (87) is separated from any polymer particles in the cyclone (88), compressed in (89) and cooled in (90) to be recycled by the inlet (6.2) in order to pixrger the polymer particles coming from the straight line of propylene they entrain.
- the fluid flow (92), discharged by the flared cone (35) extended by the tube (11.1) and containing substantial quantities of propylene, is freed of any solid particles in (92.1), cooled and sent to a column of separation (93).
- the ethylene 95) leaving the head of the column is compressed at (96) and recycled by the compressor (108) in the main zone on the left.
- This zone which is used to polymerize the ethylene supplied at (84), comprises only three inlet tubes (6), taking into account the higher reaction rate of the ethylene and the polyethylene content of the block copolymer which is generally weak.
- the fluid (105) coming from this zone is evacuated by the main tube 8.2, cooled in (106), separated from any polymer particles in (107) and recycled by the compressor (108) through the three tubes of entrance (6).
- the bottom of the separation column (96) contains liquid propylene (94), stripped of its ethylene. D is transferred with fresh propylene (85) to the reactor through the tubes (22) and (22.1), to be sprayed there by the injectors (23).
- the propylene gas injected through the inlet tube (6.4) is contaminated by the small quantities of ethylene entrained by the polymer particles coming from the left. It is evacuated by the inner central tube (11.3) which is connected to a radial tube (53) making it possible to evacuate the fluid (126) laterally in the middle of the reactor.
- This flow of fluid (126), slightly contaminated with ethylene, is freed of any solid particles in (127), compressed in (128) and cooled in (129) to be recycled by the inlet tube (6.3) to the left of the inlet tube
- This ethylene-laden propylene is discharged through the tube (11.1) at the same time as the propylene-laden ethylene to be separated in the separation column (93).
- the main reaction zone on the right is used to polymerize the propylene supplied in (85).
- This very long zone includes, for the evacuation of propylene gas, in addition to the outlet by the main central tube (8.1) to the right of the reactor, lateral outlets, composed of a set of radial tubes (54), located in the same plane as the radial tube (53), of which only one can be seen. Another radial tube, located in this same plane, and not shown in the figure, must supply liquid propylene to the tube (22.1).
- the propylene gas (98) and C98.1) respectively discharged through the main tube (8.1) and the radial tubes (54) is freed of any solid particles in (99), cooled in (100), freed of bran condensate in (101) and recycled by the compressor (103) through inlet tubes (6).
- the space between the radial tubes (53) and (54) includes fins which guide the particle flows in the appropriate directions.
- the transition zone which is located between the two main zones, includes 4 "Input cubes of
- This 3-section transition zone device with cross recycling between the middle section and the other two sections improves the separation between the two main zones while limiting the amount of fluid that must be separated in the separation column. (93). Since, in general, the degree of purity of propylene must be higher than the degree of purity of ethylene, 2/3 of the transition zone is supplied with propylene and a third with ethylene in this example.
- the reactor being horizontal, the central chimney can be a nozzle provided with several rows of lateral openings (9) located on its sides and its lower part and equipped with fins guiding the flows (133) of fluids towards the outlet tubes.
- the thickness of the fluidized bed at the bottom of the reactor is only about 2 / 3 of the thickness at the top of the reactor because of the difference in potential energy and therefore of particle speed, which is not negligible. It is therefore desirable to decentralize the central chimney and possibly to alter the cylindrical symmetry of the two sets of helical turns to better follow the shape of the fluidized bed. Furthermore, since the lateral displacement of the polymer particles must not fight against the force of gravity, the spacing between the helical turns (71) and (122) can be increased, in order to reduce the resistance to friction. This avoids too high a fluid injection speed.
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