Abstract: There is provided an automated sampling system for taking polymer samples from a fluidized bed, gas phase reaction system which utilizes at least one volatile, hazardous monomer. The sampling system provides minimal sample-to-sample variability, improved reactor control and polymerization operability which minimizing potential exposure or release of the volatile, hazardous monomers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 24, 2000
Date of Patent:
July 15, 2003
Assignee:
Univation Technologies LLC
Inventors:
Daniel Paul Zilker, Jr., Christopher Scott Hunnisett, Donald Robert Fields, Kiu Hee Lee