WO2016206958A1 - Polyethylene composition having high mechanical properties and processability - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure provides a polyethylene composition having density from 0.945 to 0.955 g/cm 3 and high mechanical properties.
- the present composition is particularly suitable for making extruded articles such as pipes, even with large diameter.
- the present polyethylene composition is also generally suitable for preparing various articles requiring an extrusion step in their preparation process, like films, in particular blown films.
- the present disclosure also relates to a multi-stage polymerization process for preparing the said polyethylene composition.
- polyethylene materials with medium to high density can be so designed, by properly selecting their molecular structure and molecular weight distribution, as to obtain a suitable balance of FNCT, impact resistance and processability in the extrusion processes.
- the present disclosure provides a polyethylene composition having the following features:
- MIF/MIP ratio MIF/MIP from 23 to 40, in particular from 25 to 38, where MIF is the melt flow index at 190°C with a load of 21.60 kg, and MIP is the melt flow index at 190°C with a load of 5 kg, both determined according to ISO 1133;
- long-chain branching index, LCBI equal to or greater than 0.45, preferably equal to or greater than 0.65, in particular from 0.45 to 0.85, or from 0.45 to 0.84, or from 0.45 to 0.83, or from 0.65 to 0.85, or from 0.65 to 0.84, or from 0.65 to 0.83;
- HMWcopo index is determined according to the following formula:
- ⁇ . 0 2 is the complex viscosity of the melt in Pa.s, measured at a temperature of 190 C, in a parallel-plate (or so-called plate-plate) rheometer under dynamic oscillatory shear mode with an applied angular frequency of 0.02 rad/s
- the t maX Dsc is the time, in minutes, required to reach the maximum value of heat flow (in mW) of crystallization (time at which the maximum crystallization rate is achieved, equivalent to the tl/2 crystallization half-time) at a temperature of 124 °C under quiescent conditions, measured in isothermal mode in a differential scanning calorimetry apparatus, DSC;
- LCBI is the ratio of the measured mean- square radius of gyration R g , measured by GPC-MALLS, to the mean-square radius of gyration for a linear PE having the same molecular weight at a mol. weight of 1,000,000 g/mol.
- the drawing is an illustrative embodiment of a simplified process-flow diagram of two serially connected gas-phase reactors suitable for use in accordance with various embodiments of ethylene polymerization processes disclosed herein to produce various embodiments of the polyethylene compositions disclosed herein.
- polyethylene composition is intended to embrace, as alternatives, both a single ethylene polymer and an ethylene polymer composition, in particular a composition of two or more ethylene polymer components, preferably with different molecular weights, such composition being also called “bimodal” or “multimodal” polymer in the relevant art.
- the present polyethylene composition consists of or comprises one or more ethylene copolymers.
- the ratio MIF/MIP provides a rheological measure of molecular weight distribution.
- M w MALLS is the weight average molar mass measured with MALLS coupled to GPC
- M n _opc is the number average molar mass, measured by GPC (Gel Permeation Chromatography), as explained in the examples.
- Preferred M w MALLs n GPC values for the present polyethylene composition range from 8 to 24.
- the M w MALLS values are preferably equal to or higher than 200,000 g/mol, in particular from 200,000 to 500,000 g/mol.
- Specific and preferred ranges of Mz for the polyethylene composition of the present invention are from 800,000 to 3,500,000 g/mol, more preferably from 850,000 to 2,500,000 g/mol.
- the present polyethylene composition has preferably at least one of the following additional features.
- - z-average molecular weight Mz equal to or greater than 1,000,000 g/mol, in particular from 1,100,00 to 1,500,000 g/mol, measured by GPC-MALLS (Gel Permeation Chromatography coupled with Multi-angle laser- light scattering);
- - comonomer content equal to or less than 2.5% by weight, in particular from 0.8 to 1.8% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the composition.
- the present composition comprises:
- Specific MIE ranges for component A) are of 50 to 110 g/10 min., or 50 to 100 g/10 min., or 50 to 90 g/10 min., or 60 to 110 g/10 min., or 60 to 100 g/10 min., or 60 to 90 g/10 min.
- the present polyethylene composition can be advantageously used in producing pipes, particularly by extrusion, thanks to its valuable mechanical properties.
- the pipes can be monolayer of multilayer, wherein at least one layer comprises the present polyethylene composition.
- the present polyethylene composition is preferably characterized by the following properties:
- - FNCT equal to or greater than 40 hours at 5 MPa, 90°C; - Charpy (0°C) equal to or greater than 8 kJ/m 2 , in particular equal to or greater than 10 kJ/m 2 .
- the present polyethylene composition can be melt-processed even at high output rates, still without undergoing sagging and wall thickness instability.
- the present polyethylene composition can be generally used for making variuos articles requiring an extrusion step in their preparation process, like films, in particular blown films.
- the films can be monolayer of multilayer, wherein at least one layer comprises the present polyethylene composition.
- the pipes are produced generally by extrusion according to well known techniques.
- the production process involves extrusion of a molten thermoplastic resin through an extrusion apparatus equipped with a cooling section and a pulling and cutting device.
- the present polyethylene composition can be prepared by a gas phase polymerization process in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst.
- a Ziegler-Natta catalyst comprises the product of the reaction of an organometallic compound of group 1, 2 or 13 of the Periodic Table of elements with a transition metal compound of groups 4 to 10 of the Periodic Table of Elements (new notation).
- the transition metal compound can be selected among compounds of Ti, V, Zr, Cr and Hf and is preferably supported on MgC ⁇ .
- catalysts comprise the product of the reaction of said organometallic compound of group 1, 2 or 13 of the Periodic Table of elements, with a solid catalyst component comprising a Ti compound supported on MgCl 2 .
- Preferred organometallic compounds are the organo-Al compounds.
- the present polyethylene composition is obtainable by using a Ziegler-Natta polymerization catalyst, more preferably a Ziegler-Natta catalyst supported on MgCl 2 , even more preferably a Ziegler-Natta catalyst comprising the product of reaction of: a) a solid catalyst component comprising a Ti compound and an electron donor compound ED supported on MgCl 2 ;
- the ED/Ti molar ratio ranges from 1.5 to 3.5 and the Mg/Ti molar ratio is higher than 5.5, in particular from 6 to 80.
- titanium compounds are the tetrahalides or the compounds of formula TiX n (OR 1 )4_ n , where 0 ⁇ n ⁇ 3, X is halogen, preferably chlorine, and R 1 is Ci-Cio hydrocarbon group.
- X is halogen, preferably chlorine
- R 1 is Ci-Cio hydrocarbon group.
- the titanium tetrachloride is the preferred compound.
- the ED compound is generally selected from alcohol, ketones, amines, amides, nitriles, alkoxysilanes, aliphatic ethers, and esters of aliphatic carboxylic acids .
- the ED compound is selected among amides, esters and alkoxysilanes.
- esters which are thus particularly preferred as ED compound.
- Specific examples of esters are the alkyl esters of C1-C20 aliphatic carboxylic acids and in particular C1-C8 alkyl esters of aliphatic mono carboxylic acids such as ethylacetate, methyl formiate, ethylformiate, methylacetate, propylacetate, i-propylacetate, n-butylacetate, i-butylacetate.
- the MgCl 2 is the basic support, even if minor amount of additional carriers can be used.
- the MgCl 2 can be used as such or obtained from Mg compounds used as precursors that can be transformed into MgCl 2 by the reaction with halogenating compounds.
- Particularly preferred is the use of MgCl 2 in active form which is widely known from the patent literature as a support for Ziegler-Natta catalysts.
- Patents USP 4,298,718 and USP 4,495,338 were the first to describe the use of these compounds in Ziegler-Natta catalysis.
- the magnesium dihalides in active form used as support or co-support in components of catalysts for the polymerization of olefins are characterized by X-ray spectra in which the most intense diffraction line that appears in the ASTM-card reference of the spectrum of the non-active halide is diminished in intensity and broadened.
- said most intense line is diminished in intensity and replaced by a halo whose maximum intensity is displaced towards lower angles relative to that of the most intense line.
- the catalysts wherein the solid catalyst component a) is obtained by first contacting the titanium compound with the MgCl 2 , or a precursor Mg compound, optionally in the presence of an inert medium, thus preparing an intermediate product a') containing a titanium compound supported on MgCl 2 , which intermediate product a') is then contacted with the ED compound which is added to the reaction mixture alone or in a mixture with other compounds in which it represents the main component, optionally in the presence of an inert medium.
- the said ED compound must be the main component in terms of molar amount, with respect to the other possible compounds excluded inert solvents or diluents used to handle the contact mixture.
- the ED treated product can then be subject to washings with the proper solvents in order to recover the final product. If needed, the treatment with the ED compound desired can be repeated one or more times.
- a precursor of MgCl 2 can be used as starting essential Mg compound. This can be selected for example among Mg compound of formula MgR' 2 where the R' groups can be independently C1-C20 hydrocarbon groups optionally substituted, OR groups, OCOR groups, chlorine, in which R is a C1-C20 hydrocarbon groups optionally substituted, with the obvious proviso that the R' groups are not simultaneously chlorine. Also suitable as precursors are the Lewis adducts between MgCl 2 and suitable Lewis bases.
- a particular and preferred class being constituted by the MgCl 2 (R"OH) m adducts in which R" groups are C1-C20 hydrocarbon groups, preferably C1-C10 alkyl groups, and m is from 0.1 to 6, preferably from 0.5 to 3 and more preferably from 0.5 to 2.
- Adducts of this type can generally be obtained by mixing alcohol and MgCl 2 in the presence of an inert hydrocarbon immiscible with the adduct, operating under stirring conditions at the melting temperature of the adduct (100-130°C). Then, the emulsion is quickly quenched, thereby causing the solidification of the adduct in form of spherical particles.
- MgCl 2 »(EtOH) m adducts in which m is from 0.15 to 1.7 obtained subjecting the adducts with a higher alcohol content to a thermal dealcoholation process carried out in nitrogen flow at temperatures comprised between 50 and 150°C until the alcohol content is reduced to the above value.
- a process of this type is described in EP 395083.
- the dealcoholation can also be carried out chemically by contacting the adduct with compounds capable to react with the alcohol groups.
- these dealcoholated adducts are also characterized by a porosity (measured by mercury method ) due to pores with radius up to 0.1 ⁇ ranging from 0.15 to 2.5 cm 3 /g preferably from 0.25 to 1.5 cm 3 /g.
- These adducts are reacted with the TiX n (OR 1 )4_ n compound (or possibly mixtures thereof) mentioned above which is preferably titanium tetrachloride.
- the reaction with the Ti compound can be carried out by suspending the adduct in TiCl 4 (generally cold). The mixture is heated up to temperatures ranging from 80-130°C and kept at this temperature for 0.5-2 hours.
- the treatment with the titanium compound can be carried out one or more times. Preferably it is repeated twice. It can also be carried out in the presence of an electron donor compound as those mentioned above.
- the solid is recovered by separation of the suspension via the conventional methods (such as settling and removing of the liquid, filtration, centrifugation) and can be subject to washings with solvents.
- the washings are typically carried out with inert hydrocarbon liquids, it is also possible to use more polar solvents (having for example a higher dielectric constant) such as halogenated hydrocarbons.
- the intermediate product is then brought into contact with the ED compound under conditions able to fix on the solid an effective amount of donor.
- the amount of donor used can widely vary. As an example, it can be used in molar ratio with respect to the Ti content in the intermediate product ranging from 0.5 to 20 and preferably from 1 to 10.
- the contact is typically carried out in a liquid medium such as a liquid hydrocarbon.
- the temperature at which the contact takes place can vary depending on the nature of the reagents. Generally it is comprised in the range from -10° to 150°C and preferably from 0° to 120°C.
- the time of the treatment can vary in dependence of other conditions such as nature of the reagents, temperature, concentration etc.
- this contact step can last from 10 minutes to 10 hours more frequently from 0.5 to 5 hours. If desired, in order to further increase the final donor content, this step can be repeated one or more times.
- the solid is recovered by separation of the suspension via the conventional methods (such as settling and removing of the liquid, filtration, centrifugation) and can be subject to washings with solvents.
- the washings are typically carried out with inert hydrocarbon liquids, it is also possible to use more polar solvents (having for example a higher dielectric constant) such as halogenated or oxygenated hydrocarbons.
- the said solid catalyst component is converted into catalysts for the polymerization of olefins by reacting it, according to known methods, with an organometallic compound of group 1, 2 or 13 of the Periodic Table of elements, in particular with an Al-alkyl compound.
- the alkyl-Al compound is preferably chosen among the trialkyl aluminum compounds such as for example triethylaluminum, triisobutylaluminum, tri-n- butylaluminum, tri-n-hexylaluminum, tri-n-octylaluminum. It is also possible to use alkylaluminum halides, alkylaluminum hydrides or alkylaluminum sesquichlorides such as AlEt 2 Cl and Al 2 Et 3 Cl 3 optionally in mixture with said trialkyl aluminum compounds.
- the external electron donor compound ED ext optionally used to prepare the said Ziegler-Natta catalysts can be equal to or different from the ED used in the solid catalyst component a).
- it is selected from the group consisting of ethers, esters, amines, ketones, nitriles, silanes and their mixtures.
- it can advantageously be selected from the C2-C20 aliphatic ethers and in particulars cyclic ethers preferably having 3-5 carbon atoms such as tetrahydrofurane and dioxane.
- the catalyst can be prepolymerized according to known techniques, by producing reduced amounts of polyolefin, preferably polypropylene or polyethylene.
- the prepolymerization can be carried out before adding the electron donor compound ED, thus by subjecting to prepolymerization the intermediate product a'). Alternatively it is possible to subject to prepolymerization the solid catalyst component a).
- the amount of prepolymer produced can be up to 500 g per g of intermediate product a') or of component a). Preferably it is from 0.5 to 20 g per g of intermediate product a').
- the prepolymerization is carried out with the use of a suitable cocatalyst such as organoaluminum compounds that can also be used in combination with an external electron donor compound as discussed above.
- a suitable cocatalyst such as organoaluminum compounds that can also be used in combination with an external electron donor compound as discussed above.
- the present polyethylene composition can be prepared in a process comprising the following steps, in any mutual order: a) polymerizing ethylene, optionally together with one or more comonomers, in a gas- phase reactor in the presence of hydrogen; b) copolymerizing ethylene with one or more comonomers in another gas-phase reactor in the presence of an amount of hydrogen less than step a);
- the growing polymer particles flow upward through a first polymerization zone (riser) under fast fluidization or transport conditions, leave said riser and enter a second polymerization zone (downcomer) through which they flow downward under the action of gravity, leave said downcomer and are reintroduced into the riser, thus establishing a circulation of polymer between said two polymerization zones.
- fast fluidization conditions are established by feeding a gas mixture comprising one or more olefins (ethylene and comonomers) at a velocity higher than the transport velocity of the polymer particles.
- the velocity of said gas mixture is preferably comprised between 0.5 and 15 m/s, more preferably between 0.8 and 5 m/s.
- transport velocity and fast fluidization conditions are well known in the art; for a definition thereof, see, for example, "D. Geldart, Gas Fluidisation Technology, page 155 et seq. , J. Wiley & Sons Ltd. , 1986".
- the polymer particles flow under the action of gravity in a densified form, so that high values of density of the solid are reached (mass of polymer per volume of reactor), which approach the bulk density of the polymer.
- the polymer flows vertically down through the downcomer in a plug flow (packed flow mode), so that only small quantities of gas are entrained between the polymer particles.
- step a an ethylene polymer with a molecular weight lower than the ethylene copolymer obtained from step b).
- a copolymerization of ethylene to produce a relatively low molecular weight ethylene copolymer is performed upstream the copolymerization of ethylene to produce a relatively high molecular weight ethylene copolymer (step b).
- a gaseous mixture comprising ethylene, hydrogen, comonomer and an inert gas is fed to a first gas-phase reactor, preferably a gas-phase fluidized bed reactor.
- the polymerization is carried out in the presence of the previously described Ziegler-Natta catalyst.
- step a) Hydrogen is fed in an amount depending on the specific catalyst used and, in any case, suitable to obtain in step a) an ethylene polymer with a melt flow index MIE of 50 g/10 min. or higher.
- MIE melt flow index
- step a) the hydrogen/ethylene molar ratio is indicatively from 1 to 5, the amount of ethylene monomer being from 2 to 20% by volume, preferably from 8 to 15% by volume, based on the total volume of gas present in the polymerization reactor.
- the remaining portion of the feeding mixture is represented by inert gases and one or more comonomers, if any. Inert gases which are necessary to dissipate the heat generated by the polymerization reaction are conveniently selected from nitrogen or saturated hydrocarbons, the most preferred being propane.
- the operating temperature in the reactor of step a) is selected between 50 and 120°C, preferably between 65 and 100°C, while the operating pressure is between 0.5 and 10 MPa, preferably between 2.0 and 3.5 MPa.
- the ethylene polymer obtained in step a) represents from 30 to 70% by weight of the total ethylene polymer produced in the overall process, i. e. in the first and second serially connected reactors.
- step a) The ethylene polymer coming from step a) and the entrained gas are then passed through a solid/gas separation step, in order to prevent the gaseous mixture coming from the first polymerization reactor from entering the reactor of step b) (second gas-phase polymerization reactor). Said gaseous mixture can be recycled back to the first polymerization reactor, while the separated ethylene polymer is fed to the reactor of step b).
- a suitable point of feeding of the polymer into the second reactor is on the connecting part between the downcomer and the riser, wherein the solid concentration is particularly low, so that the flow conditions are not negatively affected.
- the operating temperature in step b) is in the range of 65 to 95°C, and the pressure is in the range of 1.5 to 4.0 MPa.
- the second gas-phase reactor is aimed to produce a relatively high molecular weight ethylene copolymer by copolymerizing ethylene with one or more comonomers.
- the reactor of step b) can be conveniently operated by establishing different conditions of monomers and hydrogen concentration within the riser and the downcomer.
- step b) the gas mixture entraining the polymer particles and coming from the riser can be partially or totally prevented from entering the downcomer, so to obtain two different gas composition zones.
- This can be achieved by feeding a gas and/or a liquid mixture into the downcomer through a line placed at a suitable point of the downcomer, preferably in the upper part thereof.
- Said gas and/or liquid mixture should have a suitable composition, different from that of the gas mixture present in the riser.
- the flow of said gas and/or liquid mixture can be regulated so that an upward flow of gas counter-current to the flow of the polymer particles is generated, particularly at the top thereof, acting as a barrier to the gas mixture entrained among the polymer particles coming from the riser.
- One or more comonomers can be fed to the downcomer of step b), optionally together with ethylene, propane or other inert gases.
- the hydrogen/ethylene molar ratio in the downcomer of step b) is comprised between 0.005 and 0.2, the ethylene concentration being comprised from 0.5 to 15%, preferably 0.5 - 10%, by volume, the comonomer concentration being comprised from 0.2 to 1.2 % by volume, based on the total volume of gas present in said downcomer.
- the rest is propane or similar inert gases. Since a very low molar concentration of hydrogen is present in the downcomer, by carrying out the present process it is possible to bond a relatively high amount of comonomer to the high molecular weight polyethylene fraction.
- the concentration of said comonomer drops to a range of 0.1 to 0.8 % by volume, based on the total volume of gas present in said riser.
- the comonomer content is controlled in order to obtain the desired density of the final polyethylene.
- the hydrogen/ethylene molar ratio is in the range of 0.01 to 0.5, the ethylene concentration being comprised between 5 and 15 % by volume based on the total volume of gas present in said riser.
- the rest is propane or other inert gases.
- HMWcopo High Molecular Weight Copolymer
- Samples are prepared in a melt-press at 200 °C, under 200 bar pressure for 4min, in a plate of thickness of approximately 1mm and stamped out to 25mm diameter discs, which are inserted in the rheometer.
- the measurement is done in dynamic oscillatory shear mode as a so-called "frequency-sweep", measuring at frequencies from 620 to 0.02 rad/s, under constant strain- amplitude of 5% (in the linear rheological regime).
- the tmaxosc is determined using a Differential Scanning Calorimetry apparatus, TA Instruments Q2000, under isothermal conditions at a constant temperature of 124 °C. 5-6 mg of sample are weighted and brought into the aluminium DSC pans.
- the sample is heated with 20K min up to 200 °C and cooled down also with 20K min to the test temperature, in order to erase the thermal history.
- the isothermal test begins immediately after and the time is recorded until crystallization occurs.
- the time interval until the crystallization heat flow maximum (peak), t maX Dsc, is determined using the vendor software (TA Instruments).
- melt viscosity ⁇ .02 value is multiplied by the t maX Dsc value and the product is normalized by a factor of 100000 (10 ⁇ 5).
- the solvent was vacuum destilled under Nitrogen and was stabilized with 0.025% by weight of 2,6-di-tert- butyl-4-methylphenol.
- the flowrate used was 1 ml/min, the injection was 500 ⁇ 1 and polymer concentration was in the range of 0.01% ⁇ cone. ⁇ 0.05% w/w.
- the molecular weight calibration was established by using monodisperse polystyrene (PS) standards from Polymer Laboratories (now Agilent Technologies, Reifenberger Str. 130, 71034 Boeblingen, Germany)) in the range from 580g/mol up to 11600000g/mol and additionally with Hexadecane.
- PS monodisperse polystyrene
- the calibration curve was then adapted to Polyethylene (PE) by means of the Universal Calibration method (Benoit H., Rempp P. and Grubisic Z., & in J. Polymer Sci., Phys. Ed., 5, 753(1967)).
- Data recording, calibration and calculation was carried out using NTGPC_Control_V6.02.03 and NTGPC_V6.4.24 (hs GmbH, HauptstraBe 36, D-55437 Ober-Hilbersheim, Germany) respectively.
- the LCB index corresponds to the branching factor g', measured for a molecular weight of 10 6 g/mol.
- the branching factor g' which allows determining long-chain branches at high Mw, was measured by Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) coupled with Multi- Angle Laser-Light Scattering (MALLS).
- GPC Gel Permeation Chromatography
- MALLS Multi- Angle Laser-Light Scattering
- the radius of gyration for each fraction eluted from the GPC (as described above but with a flow-rate of 0.6 ml min and a column packed with 30 ⁇ particles) is measured by analyzing the light scattering at the different angles with the MALLS (detector Wyatt Dawn EOS, Wyatt Technology, Santa Barbara, Calif.).
- a laser source of 120mW of wavelength 658nm was used.
- the specific index of refraction was taken as 0.104 ml/g. Data evaluation was done with Wyatt ASTRA 4.7.3 and CORON
- the parameter g' is the ratio of the measured mean square radius of gyration to that of a linear polymer having the same molecular weight. Linear molecules show g' of 1 , while values less than 1 indicate the presence of LCB. Values of g' as a function of mol. weight, M, were calculated from the equation:
- M is the root-mean-square radius of gyration for the fraction of mol. weight M.
- the ⁇ Rg 2 >unear ref.,M is calculated by the established relation between radius-of- gyration and molecular weight for a linear polymer in solution (Zimm and Stockmayer WH 1949)) and confirmed by measuring a linear PE reference with the same apparatus and methodology described.
- the comonomer content is determined by means of IR in accordance with ASTM D 6248 98, using an FT-IR spectrometer Tensor 27 from Bruker, calibrated with a chemometric model for determining ethyl- or butyl- side-chains in PE for butene or hexene as comonomer, respectively. The result is compared to the estimated comonomer content derived from the mass-balance of the polymerization process and was found to be in agreement.
- the distance between the supports is 60 mm.
- the drop of the 2 J hammer is triggered, with the drop angle being set to 160°, the pendulum length to 225 mm and the impact velocity to 2.93 m/s.
- the fracture toughness value is expressed in kJ/m 2 and is given by the quotient of the impact energy consumed and the initial cross-sectional area at the notch, aFM. Only values for complete fracture and hinge fracture can be used here as the basis for a common meaning (see suggestion by ISO 179-1).
- the solid catalyst component is prepared as follows.
- a magnesium chloride and alcohol adduct was prepared following the method described in Example 2 of USP 4,399,054, but working at 2000 RPM instead of 10000 RPM.
- the adduct contained about 3 mols of alcohol and about 2.5 wt of H 2 0 and had an average size of about 55 ⁇ .
- the adduct was subject to a thermal treatment, under nitrogen stream, over a temperature range of 50-150 °C until a weight content of 25% of alcohol was reached.
- the spherically shaped solid has a magnesium content of 19.0%wt, and an average particle size (P50) of 57 micron.
- the consumption of propylene in the reactor was monitored and the polymerization was discontinued when a theoretical conversion of 1.3g of polymer per g of catalyst was deemed to be reached.
- the prepolymer particles were allowed to settle.
- the product was washed four times with hexane at a temperature of 20°C (60g/L) and dried under vacuum at 30°C.
- the catalyst enters the first gas-phase polymerization reactor 1 of Fig. 1 via line
- ethylene was polymerized using 3 ⁇ 4 as molecular weight regulator and in the presence of propane as inert diluent. 52.5 kg/h of ethylene and 300 g/h of hydrogen were fed to the first reactor via line 9. No comonomer was fed to the first reactor.
- the polymerization was carried out at a temperature of 80°C and at a pressure of 2.9 MPa.
- the polymer obtained in the first reactor was discontinuously discharged via line
- the polymer produced in the first reactor had a melt index MIE of about 80 g/10 min and a density of 0.969 kg/dm 3 .
- the second reactor was operated under polymerization conditions of about 80°C, and a pressure of 2.5 MPa.
- the riser has an internal diameter of 200 mm and a length of 19 m.
- the downcomer has a total length of 18 m, an upper part of 5 m with an internal diameter of 300 mm and a lower part of 13 m with an internal diameter of 150 mm.
- the second reactor was operated by establishing different conditions of monomers and hydrogen concentration within the riser 32 and the downcomer 33. This is achieved by feeding via line 52, 150 kg/h of a liquid stream (liquid barrier) into the upper part of the downcomer 33.
- Said liquid stream has a composition different from that of the gas mixture present in the riser.
- Said different concentrations of monomers and hydrogen within the riser, the downcomer of the second reactor and the composition of the liquid barrier are indicated in Table 1.
- the liquid stream of line 52 comes from the condensation step in the condenser 49, at working conditions of 59°C and 2.5 MPa, wherein a part of the recycle stream is cooled and partially condensed.
- a separating vessel and a pump are placed, in the order, downstream the condenser 49.
- the monomers to the downcomer were fed in 3 positions (lines 46). In dosing point 1, located just below the barrier, 10 kg/h of ethylene and 2 kg/h of 1-hexene were introduced.
- dosing point 2 located 2.3 meters below dosing point 1, 5 kg/h of ethylene were introduced. In dosing point 3, located 4 meters below dosing point 2, 5 kg/h of ethylene were introduced. In each of the 3 dosing points, a liquid taken from stream 52 was additionally fed in ratio to ethylene of 1: 1. 5 kg/h of propane, 21.5 kg/h of ethylene and 1.4 g/h of hydrogen were fed through line 45 into the recycling system.
- the final polymer was discontinuously discharged via line 54.
- the polymerization process in the second reactor produced relatively high molecular weight polyethylene fractions.
- Table 1 the properties of the final product are specified. It can be seen that the melt index of the final product is decreased as compared to the ethylene resin produced in the first reactor, showing the formation of high molecular weight fractions in the second reactor.
- the first reactor produced around 54 % by weight (split wt ) of the total amount of the final polyethylene resin produced by both first and second reactors.
- the comonomer (hexene-1) amount was of about 2.2% by weight (as determined by IR).
- Feeding of hexene to dosing point 1 1.7 kg/h.
- the hydrogen feed to line 45 was 2.5 g/h.
- Catalyst feed was 8.5 g/h.
- the weight ratio between aluminum alkyl and THF was 44 g/g.
- Feeding of hexene to dosing point 1 1.55 kg/h.
- the split of the first reactor was around 52 % by weight.
- Catalyst feed was 8.4 g/h.
- the weight ratio between aluminum alkyl and THF was 44 g/g. 48.4 kg/h of ethylene and 350 g/h of hydrogen were fed to the first reactor via line 9. 50 kg/h of liquid barrier were fed to the second reactor.
- Feeding of hexene to dosing point 1 1.8 kg/h.
- the split of the first reactor was around 52 % by weight.
- Catalyst feed was 8.9 g/h.
- the weight ratio between aluminum alkyl and THF was 44 g/g.
- Feeding of hexene to dosing point 1 1.5 kg/h.
- the split of the first reactor was around 53 % by weight.
- Catalyst feed was 9.2 g/h.
- the weight ratio between aluminum alkyl and THF was 44 g/g.
- Feeding of hexene to dosing point 1 1.53 kg/h.
- the split of the first reactor was around 54 % by weight.
- the polymer of this comparative example is a polyethylene composition prepared with a Ziegler-Natta catalyst in a bimodal slurry process with 1-butene as comonomer. It is available on the market with the commercial name Alathon L5008 (LyondellBasell). Table 1
- C2H 4 ethylene
- C 6 Hi2 hexene
- Split weight amount of polymer produced in the concerned reactor.
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