Abstract: A continuity additive according to one general approach includes a substance having an ability to reduce, prevent, or mitigate at least one of fouling, sheeting, and static level of a material present in a polymerization reactor system when added to the reactor system in an effective amount, with the proviso that the substance is not a polysulfone polymer, a polymeric polyamine, or an oil-soluble sulfonic acid; and a scavenger contacted with the substance, optionally, the scavenger neutralizing water coming in contact therewith. Additional continuity additives, methods of making continuity additives, and use of continuity additives are also presented.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 6, 2008
Publication date:
July 28, 2011
Applicant:
UNIVATION TECHNOOGIES, LLC
Inventors:
F. Gregory Stakem, Agapios K. Agapiou, F. David Hussein