Abstract: The invention relates to a process for starting up a reactor for the continuous production process of polyether carbonate polyols by the addition of alkylene oxide and carbon dioxide in the presence of a DMC catalyst and/or a metal complex catalyst based on the metals cobalt and/or zinc to an H-functional starter substance, in which process: (?) a portion of the H-functional starter substance and/or a suspension medium which has no H-functional groups is mixed in a reactor with a DMC catalyst and/or a metal complex catalyst, the DMC catalyst and/or the metal complex catalyst having a concentration s in the mixture; and (?), after step (?), the H-functional starter substance, alkylene oxide and DMC catalyst and/or a metal complex catalyst are continuously fed into the reactor during the addition process and the resulting reaction mixture is removed from the reactor, and a steady state is achieved.

Abstract: The invention relates to an efficient method for producing polyoxyalkylene polyols with equivalent molar masses between 9500 and 23000 g/mol from one or more H-functional starter compounds, and one or more alkylene oxides in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalyst, characterized in that the alkylene oxide metering rate is reduced once a calculated equivalent molar mass of between 8000 and 9500 g/mol is reached.

Abstract: The invention relates to an efficient method for producing polyoxyalkylene polyols with equivalent molar masses between 9500 and 23000 g/mol from one or more H-functional starter compounds, and one or more alkylene oxides in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalyst, characterised in that the alkylene oxide metering rate is reduced once a calculated equivalent molar mass of between 8000 and 9500 g/mol is reached.