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Staged reactor process

US6184299A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 1999
Grant dateFeb 6, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08F210/16
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process comprising contacting ethylene and at least one alpha-olefin comonomer having with a transition metal based catalyst system in two fluidized bed reactors connected in series, in the gas phase, under polymerization conditions, with the proviso that a hydrocarbyl aluminum cocatalyst is introduced into the first reactor and a different hydrocarbyl aluminum cocatalyst or no cocatalyst is introduced into the second reactor.

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