Patents by Inventor Pietro Baita
Pietro Baita has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230364574Abstract: An apparatus for polymerizing olefins including a polymerization reactor and a vessel system for pre-activating a solid catalyst component, wherein the vessel system is arranged upstream of the polymerization reactor. The vessel system includes a contacting vessel which includes a main portion, a base portion, a head portion, an inlet, an outlet, and a stirrer positioned within the contacting vessel, wherein the ratio (H/D) of the height (H) of the main portion to the diameter (D) of the main portion is 1.8 or greater. The stirrer is located at a position between the inlet and the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Tiziana Caputo, Pietro Baita, Maria Di Diego, Lorella Marturano, Antonio Mazzucco, Gabriele Mei, Giulia Mei, Roberta Pica
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Publication number: 20220403064Abstract: A process (and a related system) for collecting samples of a polymerization catalyst or of a catalyst-containing polymer from an operation unit, having an upper end and a lower end, of a polymerization plant, including the steps of: a) extracting a prefixed amount of product from the lower end of the operation unit through a discharge valve; b) directing the product towards a filtering unit through an inlet valve; c) flushing an inert gas through the filtering unit; d) outgassing the filtering unit, through the outlet valve; and e) displacing the filtering unit, for collecting the sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.Inventors: PAOLO CAPISANI, NICOLO ARICH DE FINETTI, PIETRO BAITA
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Publication number: 20220396649Abstract: A process for the continuous solution polymerization including the step of polymerizing a first olefin monomer of formula CH2?CHR1, wherein R1 is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms with a second olefin monomer of formula CH2?CHR2, wherein R2 is a hydrocarbon radical having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, in the presence of a polymerization catalyst and in the absence of an inert solvent, at a polymerization temperature (Tp) satisfying the following relationship: Tp?Tm+20° C. wherein Tm is the melting temperature of the obtained polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.Inventors: NICOLO ARICH DE FINETTI, PIETRO BAITA, ANTONIO MAZZUCCO, ROBERTA PICA
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Publication number: 20210332167Abstract: A process for preparation of an ethylene polymer in a gas-phase polymerization unit comprising a gas-phase polymerization reactor by homopolymerizing ethylene or copolymerizing ethylene and one or more C4-C12-1-alkenes in a reaction gas made from or containing propane as polymerization diluent in the presence of a pre-activated polymerization catalyst, wherein a purified propane feed stream made from or containing at least 99 mol % propane and from 0.1 to 100 ppm mol propylene is fed to the gas-phase polymerization unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2019Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Giuseppe Penzo, Gerhardus Meier, Ulf Schueller, Pietro Baita, Giulia Mei, Elke Damm
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Patent number: 11078307Abstract: A gas-phase polymerization reactor for the gas-phase polymerization of olefins including a polymerization zone having a recycle line for (a) withdrawing reaction gas from the reactor, (b) leading the reaction gas through a heat-exchanger for cooling, and (c) feeding the reaction gas back to the reactor, wherein the recycle line has the heat-exchanger, a centrifugal compressor having variable guide vanes, and a butterfly valve, and a related process for preparing an olefin polymer in the gas-phase polymerization reactor.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Pietro Baita, Maurizio Dorini, Giulia Mei, Gerhardus Meier, Giuseppe Penzo, Riccardo Rinaldi
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Publication number: 20210214472Abstract: A gas-phase polymerization reactor for the gas-phase polymerization of olefins including a polymerization zone having a recycle line for (a) withdrawing reaction gas from the reactor, (b) leading the reaction gas through a heat-exchanger for cooling, and (c) feeding the reaction gas back to the reactor, wherein the recycle line has the heat-exchanger, a centrifugal compressor having variable guide vanes, and a butterfly valve, and a related process for preparing an olefin polymer in the gas-phase polymerization reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Pietro Baita, Maurizio Dorini, Giulia Mei, Gerhardus Meier, Giuseppe Penzo, Riccardo Rinaldi
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Patent number: 10968291Abstract: A process for preparing an ethylene polymer including the step of homopolymerizing ethylene or copolymerizing ethylene with one or more comonomers in a gas-phase polymerization reactor including a riser unit wherein growing polymer particles flow upwards under fluidization, fast fluidization or transport conditions and a downcomer wherein growing polymer particles flow downward in a densified form, wherein the hold-up of polymer particles in the downcomer is from 55 wt. % to 80 wt. % of the total hold-up of polymer particles in the gas-phase polymerization reactor.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Gerhardus Meier, Ulf Schueller, Gabriele Mei, Massimo Covezzi, Pietro Baita, Lorella Marturano
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Patent number: 10654956Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to ethylene alpha-olefin copolymers and methods of making ethylene alpha-olefin copolymers. The ethylene alpha-olefin copolymers may have a density of about 0.915 g/mL to about 0.918 g/mL, a rheological polydispersity index greater than 0.8, a melt index of about 0.4 dg/10 min to about 2.0 dg/10 min, and/or a CEF T50 of 84° C. or less. The ethylene alpha-olefin copolymers may be made by combining an ethylene monomer and one or more alpha-olefin monomers in the presence of a catalyst, such as a Ziegler-Natta catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Equistar Chemicals, LPInventors: Harilaos Mavridis, Roberta Pica, Pietro Baita, Gabriele Mei, Massimo Covezzi
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Publication number: 20200071429Abstract: A solid catalyst component (i) made from or containing a titanium compound, a magnesium compound and an ether, is activated by using two different aluminum alkyl compounds (ii) and (iii) in sequence and under specific molar ratios relative to each other and to the ether of the solid catalyst component (i).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.Inventors: PIETRO BAITA, DARIO LIGUORI, HARILAOS MAVRIDIS, GIAMPIERO MORINI, ROBERTA PICA
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Patent number: 10556972Abstract: A gas-phase process for the homopolymerization or copolymerization of olefins carried out in the presence of a catalyst system formed by a contacting, in a liquid hydrocarbon and in the presence of hydrogen, (a) a solid catalyst component comprising Ti, Mg, and Cl, and optionally an internal electron donor compound, (b) an aluminum alkyl compound and optionally (c) an external donor compound.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Pietro Baita, Massimo Covezzi, Maria Di Diego, Lorella Marturano, Antonio Mazzucco, Gabriele Mei, Roberta Pica
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Patent number: 10471407Abstract: A process for starting a multizone circulating reactor containing no polyolefin particles, comprising the steps of conveying gas through the reactor and the gas recycle line, feeding a particulate material comprising a polymerization catalyst and optionally polyolefin into the reactor, controlling the gas flow in a vertical reactor zone equipped with a throttling valve at the bottom so that the upwards gas velocity in the bottom part of this reaction zone is lower than the terminal free-fall velocity of the particulate material fed into the reactor, and, after the weight of the particulate polyolefin in this reactor zone is higher than the drag force of the upward moving gas, controlling the circulation rate of the polymer particles within the multizone circulating reactor by adjusting the opening of the throttling valve and adjusting the flow rate of a dosing gas.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Gabriele Mei, Massimo Covezzi, Gerhardus Meier, Antonio Mazzucco, Pietro Baita, Ulf Schueller, Lorella Marturano, Enrico Balestra
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Publication number: 20190322775Abstract: A process for preparing an ethylene polymer including the step of homopolymerizing ethylene or copolymerizing ethylene with one or more comonomers in a gas-phase polymerization reactor including a riser unit wherein growing polymer particles flow upwards under fluidization, fast fluidization or transport conditions and a downcomer wherein growing polymer particles flow downward in a densified form, wherein the hold-up of polymer particles in the downcomer is from 55 wt. % to 80 wt. % of the total hold-up of polymer particles in the gas-phase polymerization reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Gerhardus Meier, Ulf Schueller, Gabriele Mei, Massimo Covezzi, Pietro Baita, Lorella Marturano
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Publication number: 20190276566Abstract: A gas-phase process for the homopolymerization or copolymerization of olefins carried out in the presence of a catalyst system formed by a contacting, in a liquid hydrocarbon and in the presence of hydrogen, (a) a solid catalyst component comprising Ti, Mg, and Cl, and optionally an internal electron donor compound, (b) an aluminum alkyl compound and optionally (c) an external donor compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2017Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.Inventors: PIETRO BAITA, MASSIMO COVEZZI, MARIA DI DIEGO, LORELLA MARTURANO, ANTONIO MAZZUCCO, GABRIELE MEI, ROBERTA PICA
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Patent number: 10308731Abstract: A method for feeding an antistatic compound to a polymerization reactor comprising the steps of: a) dispersing, under mixing conditions, a catalyst powder and an antistatic compound in an oil, so as to form a suspension of catalyst powder and antistatic compound in said oil; b) successively adding, under mixing conditions, a molten thickening agent to said suspension from step a), while maintaining said suspension at a temperature such that said thickening agent solidifies on contact with said suspension; c) transferring the product obtained from b) to a polymerization reactor.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Pietro Baita, Paolo Ferrari, Ines Mingozzi, Lorella Pedriali, Maria Di Diego, Roberta Pica
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Patent number: 10155888Abstract: The present technology relates to a method of introducing a supported antistatic compound that does not comprise a transition-metal-based catalyst component for use in an olefin polymerization reactor. In some embodiments, the methods disclosed herein avoid the formation of polymer agglomerates in the reactor and minimize potentially negative effects on catalyst yield.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2017Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Massimo Covezzi, Gabriele Mei, Maria Di Diego, Piero Gessi, Pietro Baita, Roberta Pica
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Patent number: 10131719Abstract: Process for preparing a polyolefin polymer comprising the steps of a) forming a particulate polyolefin polymer by polymerizing one or more olefins in the presence of a polymerization catalyst system in a polymerization reactor; b) discharging the formed polyolefin particles from the polymerization reactor; c) degassing the polyolefin particles by a process comprising at least a final step of contacting the polyolefin particles with a nitrogen stream in a degassing vessel; and d) transferring the polyolefin particles from the vessel, in which the contacting of the polyolefin particles with the nitrogen stream is carried out, to a melt mixing device, in which the polyolefin particles are melted, mixed and thereafter pelletized, without passing the particles through a buffering device, wherein the degassing vessel is only partly filled with polyolefin particles and the empty volume within the degassing vessel is sufficient to take up additional polyolefin particles for at least 3 hours if the transfer of polType: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Giuseppe Penzo, Giulia Mei, Gabriele Mei, Antonio De Lucia, Pietro Baita
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Publication number: 20180319916Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to ethylene alpha-olefin copolymers and methods of making ethylene alpha-olefin copolymers. The ethylene alpha-olefin copolymers may have a density of about 0.915 g/mL to about 0.918 g/mL, a rheological polydispersity index greater than 0.8, a melt index of about 0.4 dg/10 min to about 2.0 dg/10 min, and/or a CEF T50 of 84° C. or less. The ethylene alpha-olefin copolymers may be made by combining an ethylene monomer and one or more alpha-olefin monomers in the presence of a catalyst, such as a Ziegler-Natta catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: EQUISTAR CHEMICALS, LPInventors: HARILAOS MAVRIDIS, ROBERTA PICA, PIETRO BAITA, GABRIELE MEI, MASSIMO COVEZZI
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Patent number: 10077322Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gas-phase polymerization process for preparing polyethylene, wherein halogenated alcohols in combination with a Ti based catalyst component and aluminum alkyls as co-catalyst suppress ethane formation or increase polymerization activity.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Pietro Baita, Tiziano Dall'Occo, Maria Di Diego, Dario Liguori, Lorella Marturano, Andreas Maus, Gabriele Mei, Gerhardus Meier, Giampiero Morini, Roberta Pica, Ulf Schueller
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Patent number: 10011666Abstract: The present disclosure provides a catalyst system made from or containing: (A) a solid catalyst component made from or containing (i) a titanium compound supported on a magnesium dichloride; (B) an aluminum alkyl compound; and (C) a halogenated organic ester of formula A-COOR, wherein R is a C1-C10 hydrocarbon group and A is a C1-C15 saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group in which at least one of the hydrogen atoms is replaced by a chlorine atom. The present disclosure also provides a process for preparing an olefinic polymer, including a polymerization step of polymerizing an olefin in the presence of the catalyst system. The present disclosure also provides an olefinic polymer made therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Pietro Baita, Tiziano Dall'Occo, Maria Di Diego, Dario Liguori, Lorella Marturano, Gabriele Mei, Giampiero Morini, Roberta Pica
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Publication number: 20180178180Abstract: A process for starting a multizone circulating reactor containing no polyolefin particles, comprising the steps of conveying gas through the reactor and the gas recycle line, feeding a particulate material comprising a polymerization catalyst and optionally polyolefin into the reactor, controlling the gas flow in a vertical reactor zone equipped with a throttling valve at the bottom so that the upwards gas velocity in the bottom part of this reaction zone is lower than the terminal free-fall velocity of the particulate material fed into the reactor, and, after the weight of the particulate polyolefin in this reactor zone is higher than the drag force of the upward moving gas, controlling the circulation rate of the polymer particles within the multizone circulating reactor by adjusting the opening of the throttling valve and adjusting the flow rate of a dosing gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Gabriele Mei, Massimo Covezzi, Gerhardus Meier, Antonio Mazzucco, Pietro Baita, Ulf Schueller, Lorella Marturano, Enrico Balestra