Polymerisation of Ethylene : : In Slurry Loop Reactors / / Paul Allemeersch.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2015
• VerfasserIn: Allemeersch, Paul,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (194 p.)

This book is based on full scale experience, and allows to understand the functioning of the slurry loop reactor, and to operate it. All necessary aspects of the reactor are treated, and then combined in a simple off-line model, valid for all commercial types of catalysts. A detailed method to scale-up products from the laboratory directly to the full scale loop reactor is given.

This book presents all information necessary to understand the functioning of a slurry loop reactor for the polymerisation of ethylene into high density polyethylene, and to operate it accordingly. All discussions are based on experimental data from the operation of full scale commercial loop reactors. Methods for off-line modelling and scaling-up from lab to full scale are included, as well as the answers to important questions on the running of two loop reactors in series. Building knowledge from full scale industrial experience. This highly accessible book makes one understand the functioning of slurry loop reactors for the polymerisation of ethylene, and how to operate them. Its methods include off-line modelling, scaling-up and running reactors in series. It is inspiring for all production and process engineers, showing, for the first time, how with full scale reactor data the link is made between firm basic theory and the most practical operating guidelines.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Introduction to the Slurry Loop Process -- 2. The Loop Reactor Circulation Pump Power -- 3. The Functioning of the Settling Legs -- 4. The Settling of the Polymer in the Settling Legs -- 5. Catalyst Activity and Productivity -- 6. The 1/1 Hypothesis -- 7. Catalyst Residence Time Distribution -- 8. Catalyst Activity Profiles from Full Scale Loop Data -- 9. Conversions of the Reactants -- 10. The Ethylene Concentration Profile in the Loop Reactor -- 11. A Simple Model for the Slurry Loop Reactor -- 12. Establishing Correlations from Loop Reactor Data by Linear Regression -- 13. Scaling-Up from Bench Reactor to Loop Reactor -- 14. The Operation of Two Loop Reactors in Series -- Index