Abstract: The present invention relates to hydroformylation reaction processes. In one aspect, a hydroformylation reaction process comprises (a) contacting an olefin, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide in the presence of a homogeneous catalyst in a reactor to provide a reaction fluid, wherein the reactor comprises one or more reaction zones; (b) removing a portion of the reaction fluid from a first reaction zone; (c) passing at least a portion of the removed reaction fluid through a shear mixing apparatus to produce bubbles in the portion of the removed reaction fluid, wherein at least a portion of hydrogen and carbon monoxide provided to the reactor is introduced through the shear mixing apparatus; and (d) returning the removed reaction fluid to the first reaction zone through one or more nozzles wherein the returning reaction fluid exiting each nozzle is a jet, wherein the mixing energy density provided to the reactor by the jets is greater than or equal to 500 Watts/m3.

Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a chemical feed distributor may include a chemical feed inlet, a body, a plurality of primary chemical feed outlets, and a secondary chemical feed outlet. The chemical feed inlet may pass a chemical feed stream into the chemical feed distributor. One or more walls of the body may define an elongated chemical feed stream flow path. The plurality of primary chemical feed outlets may be spaced along at least a portion of the length of the elongated chemical feed stream flow path and may be operable to pass a first portion of the chemical feed stream out of the feed distributor and into a vessel. The secondary chemical feed outlet may be downstream of the plurality of primary chemical feed outlets and may be operable to pass a second portion of the chemical feed stream out of the chemical feed distributor.

Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a chemical feed distributor may include a chemical feed inlet and a body. The chemical feed inlet may pass a chemical feed stream into the chemical feed distributor. The body may comprise one or more walls that may define an elongated chemical feed stream flow path and a plurality of chemical feed outlets. The plurality of chemical feed outlets may be spaced on the walls. The plurality of chemical feed outlets may be operable to pass the chemical feed stream out of the chemical feed distributor. The elongated chemical feed stream flow path may comprise an upstream fluid flow path portion and a downstream fluid flow path portion. The walls may be positioned such that the average cross-sectional area of the upstream fluid flow path portion is greater than the average cross-sectional area of the downstream fluid flow path portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a drag reducing agent. In an embodiment, the drag reducing agent includes a polymer and a liquid carrier. The polymer is composed of one or more C6-C14 ?-olefin monomers. The polymer includes a residual amount of zirconium. The polymer has an absolute weight average molecular weight (Mw(Abs)) greater than 1,300,000 g/mol and a (Mw(Abs)/Mn(Abs) from 1.3 to 3.0.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a process. In an embodiment, the process includes contacting, under polymerization conditions, one or more C6-C14 ?-olefin monomers with a bis-biphenylphenoxy catalyst. The process includes forming a polymer composed of one or more C6-C14 ?-olefin monomers, and having an absolute weight average molecular weight (Mw(abs)) greater than 1,300,000 g/mol and a Mw(abs)/Mn(abs) from 1.3 to 3.0.

Abstract: A method is provided for determining the surface viscosity of a liquid in which a thread is formed from a drop of the liquid. The thread is lengthened and its minimum radius h0 is determined at multiple times between the thread formation and thread pinch-off. The minimum radius and associated time values are used to determine a linear relationship of minimum radius and time, with the coefficient of the linear relationship, or the slope X of the line in the linear relationship, corresponding to the surface viscosity ?s of the liquid according to one of the following equations: x = 0 . 0 ? 7 ? 0 ? 9 1 + 5 ? B s0 / 3 ? ? h 0 , ( 1 ) where Bs0=?s/?R in which h0 is defined as above, R is the dimension of the feature on which the drop is provided and ? is the bulk viscosity of the liquid, or x = 0 .