Polymerization Involving Specified Mixing, Stirring, Agitating, Or Movement Of Material Patents (Class 526/88)
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Patent number: 8592498Abstract: Disclosed herein are a reaction method and a production method of an organic compound which are capable of achieving high reaction selectivity according to the purpose and a high production rate of a target substance. The methods include at least two fluids, wherein at least one kind of the fluids is a fluid containing at least one organic compound and at least one kind of the fluids other than the above fluid is a fluid containing at least one reactant in the form of a liquid or solution, and the respective fluids join together in a thin film fluid foamed between processing surfaces arranged to be opposite to each other so as to be able to approach to and separate from each other, at least one of which rotates relative to the other, whereby an organic reaction is performed in the thin film fluid.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2008Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: M. Technique Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masakazu Enomura
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Publication number: 20130296509Abstract: The invention relates to a process for operating a mixing kneader, comprising one or more shafts on whose surfaces are disposed kneading bars and which are surrounded by a casing, comprising the following steps: (a) supplying reactants at an addition site in the mixing kneader, (b) converting the reactants in an exothermic reaction, the reaction at first forming a coherent kneadable intermediate, (c) tearing and dividing the coherent kneadable intermediate to form a product, the exothermic reaction optionally continuing during the tearing and division, (d) withdrawing the product at a withdrawal site in the mixing kneader, wherein at least one of the shafts and/or the casing is heated to a temperature above 20° C. during the operation of the mixing kneader.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Oskar Stephan, Monte Peterson, Karl J. Possemiers, Steven Lippens
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Patent number: 8557937Abstract: A rubber composition with disperse phase particles containing poly(phenylene ether) can be formed by a method that includes melt blending an uncured rubber with a poly(phenylene ether) composition containing a poly(phenylene ether) and an oil to form an uncured rubber composition, then curing the uncured rubber composition. Before being blended with the rubber, the poly(phenylene ether) composition exhibits a glass transition temperature of about 40 to about 140° C., and during blending with the rubber, the oil component of poly(phenylene ether) composition migrates from the poly(phenylene ether) composition to the rubber, leaving a poly(phenylene ether)-containing disperse phase that gives rise to a second hysteresis peak temperature of about 160 to about 220° C. as measured by dynamic mechanical analysis of the cured rubber composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2012Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.Inventors: Scott Michael Fisher, Qiwei Lu, William Eugene Pecak, Michael J. O'Brien
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Patent number: 8552127Abstract: A process for manufacturing terpolymers by polymerization of VDF (vinylidene difluoride), TrFE (trifluoroethylene), and CFE (1-chloro-1-fluoroethylene) or CTFE (chlorotrifluoroethylene) monomers in the presence of a radical polymerization initiator, characterized in that: i) an initial mixture of VDF and of TrFE, free of CFE and of CTFE, is fed into an autoclave, ii) the initiator mixed with water is injected into the autoclave so as to achieve, inside the autoclave, a pressure at least equal to 80 bar, in order to form a suspension of VDF and TrFE monomers in water, iii) a secondary mixture constituted of VDF, TrFE and CFE or CTFE is injected into the autoclave, then iv) as soon as the polymerization reaction starts, said secondary mixture is reinjected continuously into the reactor, so as to maintain therein a constant pressure of at least 80 bar.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: PiezotechInventor: Francois Bauer
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Patent number: 8546498Abstract: A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles by polymerizing droplets of a monomer solution in a surrounding gas phase in a reaction chamber, wherein the monomer solution is metered into the reaction chamber via at least one bore, and the diameter is from 210 to 290 ?m per bore and the metering rate is from 0.9 to 5 kg/h per bore.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2009Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Marco Krüger, Stefan Blei, Wilfried Heide, Matthias Weismantel, Uwe Stueven
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Patent number: 8541520Abstract: The method of making high-density polyethylene with titania-iron nanofillers involves mixing a TiO2/Fe titania-iron nanofiller with a vanadium (III) complex bearing salicylaldiminato ligands polymerization catalyst in a reactor. The reactor is then charged with toluene and heated to a temperature of about 30° C. Following heating, ethylene is fed into the reactor at a fixed pressure, and a methyl aluminum dichloride cocatalyst is added to initiate in situ polymerization. Polymerization is quenched to yield high-density polyethylene with titania-iron nanofillers, which is then washed and dried. Through the addition of a TiO2/Fe nanofiller, the molecular weight, the crystallinity and the melting temperature of high-density polyethylene are all increased, while the polydispersity index (PDI) is decreased.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2013Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Mamdouh Ahmad Al-Harthi, Omer Yahya Bakather, Sadhan Kumar De, Reyad Awwad Khalaf Shawabkeh
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Patent number: 8513367Abstract: Method of reducing fouling in an elastomer polymerization process that includes providing a reactor capable of housing an industrial-scale elastomer polymerization reaction, and applying a mechanical force to the reactor so as to create a vibration in at least one wall of the reactor, in which fouling is reduced in the reactor. In one embodiment the reaction is an industrial scale butyl polymerization reaction and the reactor is a butyl polymerization reactor.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Timothy D. Shaffer, Pamela J. Wright, Limin Song
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Patent number: 8507620Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a water absorbent resin, particularly to a process for preparing a water absorbent resin which can resolve the uneven size of the fine pulverized gel-type resin and long pulverizing time those are the problems of prior process for preparing the water absorbent resin, by carrying out the pulverizing process of the gel-type resin divided into the coarse pulverizing process which is carried out with the internal cross-linking polymerization, and the fine pulverizing process. According to the preparation process, it is possible to mass-produce the water absorbent resin showing excellent absorption under pressure and low extractable content.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2011Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun-Kyu Kim, Jong-Hyuk Kwon, Young-Jae Hur, Yun-Kyung Do
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Patent number: 8507619Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the polymerization of vinyl-containing monomers such as, for example, monomeric vinyl halides, in a reaction mixture, in which process less waste is generated.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2006Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Vinnolit Technologie GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Ulrich Woike, Heinz Klippert, Jürgen Kirschner, Peter Kammerhofer
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Publication number: 20130197170Abstract: The present invention is directed to a continuous process for preparing a crosslinked polymer comprising a fluoro group.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2011Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: RELYPSA, INC.Inventor: George Tyson
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Patent number: 8497336Abstract: A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles with a low centrifuge retention capacity by polymerizing in a continuous kneading reactor under an inert gas volume flow of at most 10 m3/h per m3 of reactor volume.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2009Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Matthias Weismantel, Rüdiger Funk, Ronny De Kaey, Karl J. Possemiers
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Patent number: 8497346Abstract: Polymer powder vessel having a silo including a main vertical cylinder and a hopper at the bottom of the cylinder, a polymer powder which occupies the full volume of the hopper and at least a part of the volume of the cylinder, a polymer powder silo inlet pipe connected to the silo at a height located above the polymer powder, and a polymer hopper withdrawal pipe is also connected to the hopper. The polymer powder hopper withdrawal pipe is also connected to the silo at a location above the polymer powder for recirculating a part of the polymer powder within the silo.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2010Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Ineos Commercial Services UK LimitedInventors: Jean-Louis Chamayou, Kevin Peter Ramsay
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Patent number: 8492490Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a polymer resin comprises a polymerization vessel, a bearing part, a protection part, a circulating cooling means, a raw material-injecting nozzle and a flow path-constituting part. The protection part forms a first flow path between the protection part and the side face of the agitation axis. The circulating cooling means includes a circulating inlet nozzle provided on a side face of the protruding part so as to be opposite to the protection part. The flow path-constituting part is provided between the bearing part and the protection part so as to cover the side face of the agitation axis, to fix the bearing part and the protection part. This flow path-constituting part forms a second flow path between the side face of the agitation axis and the flow path-constituting part and a third flow path for coupling the second flow path with the raw material-injecting nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2008Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Toyo Engineering CorporationInventors: Kenichirou Matsuba, Kazushige Kimura
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Patent number: 8481658Abstract: A method for transitioning from a Ziegler-Natta to a Phillips catalyst system for the olefin polymerization reaction in one reactor, preferably a gas phase reactor, is described. The method comprises the steps of a) discontinuing a first olefin polymerization reaction performed in the presence of the Ziegler-Natta catalyst system; b) performing a second olefin polymerization reaction in the presence of a further catalyst system comprising catalyst components (A) and (B) producing, respectively, a first and a second polyolefin fraction, wherein the Mw of the first polyolefin fraction is less than the Mw of the second polyolefin fraction and the initial activity of catalyst component (A) exceeds the initial activity of catalyst component (B); and c) performing a third olefin polymerization reaction the presence of the Phillips catalyst system.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Gerhardus Meier, Shahram Mihan
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Patent number: 8476382Abstract: This present invention provides devices for the parallelization of the formation of droplets in a multiple droplet generator integrating two or more parallel flow-focusing devices (FFDs) with either identical, or different, geometries. In the parallel identical FFDs, emulsification generates droplets with a narrow (below 4%) polydispersity despite weak coupling between the identical flow-focusing devices. Formation of droplets in the integrated droplet generator comprising FFDs with different dimensions of the microchannels occurs with strong coupling between the FFDs and produces droplets with varying sizes and size distributions. For such devices the regime in which emulsification produces droplets with varying dimensions and a narrow size distribution have been identified. The results of this work can be used in scaling up the production of droplets and in the simultaneous production of droplets and particles with different dimensions.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2008Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Inventor: Eugenia Kumacheva
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Patent number: 8470205Abstract: An aqueous dispersion and a method for making an aqueous dispersion. The dispersion including at least one conductive polymer, such as a polythienothiophene, at least one hyperbranched polymer and optionally at least one colloid-forming polymeric acid and one non-fluorinated polymeric acid. Devices utilizing layers formed of the aqueous dispersions are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventor: Shiying Zheng
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Patent number: 8426670Abstract: The present invention provides: an absorbent structure and an absorbent article, which are excellent in both liquid diffusion ability and liquid storage ability, and which are excellent in the dry feeling and the amount of wet back of the aqueous liquid, and which can realize the thinning and lightening more; and a water-absorbent resin fitly usable for the above absorbent structure and absorbent article. The absorbent structure, according to the present invention, comprises a liquid-diffusing member and a water-absorbent resin, with the absorbent structure being characterized in that when the capillary absorption index of the liquid-diffusing member at a height of 40 cm is referred to as A (A?0.10), the capillary absorption index B of the water-absorbent resin at a height of 40 cm satisfies the following equation: B/A?0.7 (equation 1).Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2002Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kinya Nagasuna, Kenji Kadonaga, Akiko Mitsuhashi, Motohiro Imura
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Patent number: 8420752Abstract: An apparatus (2) includes a neutralization tank (3), a pump (4), a heat exchanger (6), a line mixer (8), a polymerizer (10), a first pipe (12), a second pipe (14), a third pipe (16), a fourth pipe (18), and a fifth pipe (20). Continuously supplied into the neutralization tank (3) are a monomer aqueous solution and a basic aqueous solution, so as to prepare a mixture solution. The mixture solution is circulated through the first pipe (12), the pump (4), the second pipe (14), the heat exchanger (6), and the third pipe (16). The mixture solution is supplied to the polymerizer through the fourth pipe (18).Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2009Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiro Takaai, Yorimichi Dairoku, Shinichi Fujino
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Patent number: 8420753Abstract: The present invention relates to novel materials particularly useful for ophthalmic applications and methods for making and using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to relatively soft, optically transparent, foldable, high refractive index Materials particularly suited for use in the production of intraocular lenses, contact lenses, and other ocular implants and to methods for manufacturing and using the same.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2011Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Key Medical Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Khalid Mentak, Anthony Keslinke, Kevin Phan
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Patent number: 8410222Abstract: A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles, comprising polymerization, drying, comminution, classification and recycling of the undersize obtained in the classification, wherein the recycled undersize is coated with a reducing agent and/or inorganic particles.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2009Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Rüdiger Funk, Matthias Weismantel, Sylvia Bertha
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Patent number: 8389654Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer composition, comprising (i) a polypropylene homopolymer, (ii) a polypropylene random copolymer, prepared by copolymerization of propylene with an olefin comonomer and having an amount of olefin comonomer units of 0.2 to 5 wt %, and (iii) an elastomeric copolymer of propylene and at least one olefin comonomer, the polymer composition having a tensile modulus, determined according to ISO 527-2/1B at 1 mm/min. and 23° C., of at least 1200 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2010Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Borealis Technology OyInventors: Kauno Alastalo, Carl-Gustaf Ek, Bo Malm, Ulf Torgersen, Olli Tuominen
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Patent number: 8383741Abstract: The present invention relates to the control of flow of a particulate feed to a reactor, and in particular provides a process for providing a slurry of particulate matter to a reactor, comprising providing a slurry comprising said particulate matter and diluent, and passing said slurry to the inlet of a reactor feed pump from where it is then pumped to the reactor, characterized in that a stream of additional diluent is also passed to the inlet of the reactor feed pump, the reactor feed pump is operated at an essentially constant volumetric flow rate, and the amount of particulate matter in slurry passed into the reactor is adjusted by adjusting the flow.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2010Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Ineos USA LLCInventor: Mark A. Gessner
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Patent number: 8383703Abstract: A process is provided for producing discrete solid beads of polymeric material e.g. phenolic resin having a mesoporous structure, which process may produce resin beads on an industrial scale without aggregates of resin building up speedily and interrupting production. The process comprises the steps of: (a) combining a stream of a polymerizable liquid precursor e.g. a novolac and hexamine as cross-linking agent dissolved in a first polar organic liquid e.g. ethylene glycol with a stream of a liquid suspension medium which is a second non-polar organic liquid with which the liquid precursor is substantially or completely immiscible e.g. transformer oil containing a drying oil; (b) mixing the combined stream to disperse the polymerizable liquid precursor as droplets in the suspension medium e.g.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2007Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) LimitedInventors: Stephen Robert Tennison, Jonathan Robert Tunbridge, Roger Nicholas Place, Oleksandr Kozynchenko
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Publication number: 20130041118Abstract: The invention is an improved apparatus for continuously stirring polymer particles in reactive gas-filled polymerization reactors incorporating contiguous paddle stations on a coaxial drive shaft wherein the drive shaft is driven by a hydraulic motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Inventor: Dirk Poesen
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Patent number: 8372908Abstract: An improved method is provided to prepare reinforced resin nanocomposites without the need of surfactants or coupling agents. The present invention comprises the use of monomers for improving the dispersion of nano-sized materials and enhancing the particle/matrix interaction. One comprises mixing a plurality of nanoparticles with a monomer resin to form a mixture, blending a catalyst and a promoter with the mixture, and curing the blended mixture to form a polymerized nanocomposite. The monomers, which serve to stabilize the nanoparticles, are covalently bound onto the nanoparticle surface and copolymerize with non-bound monomers after introduction of a catalyst and a promoter that initiate polymerization. Without any additional surfactant or coupling agent, the resin is chemically bound onto the nanoparticle surface and protects the iron nanoparticles from agglomeration and oxidation.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2009Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Zhanhu Guo, H. Thomas Hahn
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Patent number: 8372924Abstract: Described herein in one embodiment is a plant for the continuous solution polymerization of one or more monomers in a solvent, e.g., a hydrocarbon solvent. In one aspect, the plant comprises a high pressure pump and at least one heat exchanger downstream of the pump. In another aspect a feed is cooled by three heat exchangers which are refrigerated by means of a common three stage compressor. In another aspect, the plant comprises a primary reactor and a secondary reactor arranged to operate in parallel, in which the ratio of volume of the primary reactor to the secondary reactor is in the range of 60:40 to 95:5. In another aspect, a method of defouling a heat exchanger is provided in which the level of liquid refrigerant in the heat exchanger is temporarily lowered.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Richard Cheng-Ming Yeh, Bruce C. Devoy, Vetkav R. Eswaran, Rui Zhao
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Patent number: 8362160Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for delivering granulated material to a reactor for use in the polymerization of alpha-olefin comprising the steps of: providing a first conduit having a granulated material inlet, the conduit being operably connected to a pocket ball valve comprising at least one pocket, said pocket ball valve being operably connected to a second conduit, said second conduit being operably connected to a polymerization reactor; introducing a granulated material to the first conduit through said inlet; metering the granulated material through the pocket ball valve; and passing said material through the second conduit to the polymerization reactor. The present invention also relates to polyolefin production processes and polyolefin producing units.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2008Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Total Petrochemicals Research FeluyInventors: Yahya Bouquoyoue, Claude Queyrel
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Patent number: 8349947Abstract: Process for polymerising, in a loop reactor, at least one olefin monomer in a liquid diluent to produce a slurry comprising solid particulate olefin polymer and said diluent, wherein the ratio between the actual volumetric solids concentration of the slurry and the maximum possible geometric volume solids concentration of the slurry as measured by the bulk density of an unpacked settled bed of particles, SVCR, is V*0.065 or greater, and the ratio of the cumulative settling distance of an average size particle at any point in the reactor in any direction perpendicular to the direction of the flow, to the internal diameter of the loop reactor, is maintained below [0.084*(V?6.62)+(0.69?SVCR)* 1.666], where V is the circulation velocity of the slurry in m/s and “cumulative settling distance” is defined as the cumulative distance, expressed as a fraction of the diameter, travelled by a particle in any direction perpendicular to the direction of the flow since the previous upstream pump.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Ineos Manufacturing Belgium NVInventor: Daniel Marissal
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Patent number: 8334349Abstract: A thermoplastic copolymer having an excellent balance among properties such as coating resistance, color stability and fluidity and having high operability and productivity can be obtained by a method for producing a thermoplastic copolymer, comprising step (I) of supplying a monomer mixture (a) containing an aromatic vinyl monomer (a1) and a vinyl cyanide monomer (a2) to a complete mixing type reactor continuously to produce a copolymer (A) and step (II) of supplying the copolymer (A) continuously to a tubular reactor with a static mixing structure therein, which is placed in series with the complete mixing type reactor, and reacting the copolymer (A) to produce a copolymer (B).Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2009Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Taro Yamashita, Hajime Takamura
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Publication number: 20120309912Abstract: Provided is a stirred tank polymerization reactor system having a reactor tank, a stirring assembly including a rotatable shaft that extends through a wall of the tank, and a triple barrier mechanical seal. The mechanical seal includes an outer cylinder mounted in the wall of the tank, an inner cylinder that is rotatable relative to the outer cylinder and connected to the shaft, and first, second, and third fluid barrier seals mounted between the outer and inner cylinders at different positions along the axis of rotation of the inner cylinder. First and second sources of pressurized barrier fluid are connected between the first and second pressure fluid barrier seals and the second and third barrier seals, respectively. The three barrier seals advantageously “step down” the differential pressure experienced by the uppermost barrier seals, substantially reducing mechanical stresses experienced by the annular sealing rings and seats.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventors: Christopher K. Morgan, Shiraz A.H. Pradhan, Michael W. Ackman
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Patent number: 8293181Abstract: Provided is a tubular flow reactor containing: a cylindrical channel; a mixing shaft which is concentric with the cylindrical channel; and a mixing blade attached to the mixing shaft, wherein the tubular flow reactor satisfy the following requirements: t<2C and t/2C<A/C?1, provided that C is a radius of the mixing shaft, t is a thickness of the mixing blade; A is a distance between a mixing blade plane B located at a forward position in a rotating direction of the mixing blade and a plane S passing through the center of the mixing shaft in a shaft direction, when plane B and plane S are parallel; and the mixing blade plane B is located at a more forward position in the rotating direction than the plane S.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yasuharu Saita, Ryuji Kitani, Masashi Mamino
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Patent number: 8293853Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling product discharge from a fluidized bed reactor and for minimizing the loss of the unreacted monomer in the fluidizing gas upon removing the solid polymer product from the reactor. The method and apparatus utilize at least one detector in the product tank or its vent line and a control system in communication with the detector and the product tank fill valve, along with certain algorithms, to adjust by an iterative process, the product discharge time, thereby maximizing resin fill in the product tank and minimizing the lost reactor gas volume.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2009Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLCInventors: John R. Parrish, Jeffrey B. Drabish, Oscar M. Longoria, Jr., James L. Swecker, II
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Patent number: 8288491Abstract: A process for producing high-quality polymer microparticles having uniform particle size of the order of several micrometers to tens of micrometers by inverse suspension polymerization at high productivity while keeping excellent dispersion stability without causing aggregation among particles. The inverse suspension polymerization involves a vinyl monomer and is performed in at least two steps. A water-soluble oxidizing agent and a water-soluble reducing agent are used as a polymerization initiator, and the water-soluble reducing agent is fed after the water-soluble oxidizing agent is fed.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Toagosei Co. Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro Gotou, Hideo Matsuzaki, Tomotaka Mizuno
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Patent number: 8278402Abstract: The invention relates to a reactor system for the catalytic polymerization of olefin monomer and optionally comonomer(s), having one or more inlets for olefin monomer, catalyst, optionally for comonomer, chain growth controllers or chain transfer agents, and/or inert gas, an outlet for gas and an outlet for polymerized particles. The reactor system has at least one fluidized bed unit and at least one moving bed unit, wherein the fluidized bed unit has means for maintaining a fluidized bed in the fluidized bed unit and wherein the moving bed unit is provided with an inlet and an outlet which are directly connected to the fluidized bed unit, wherein the outlet of the moving bed unit is provided with means for pneumatically displacing polymer particles from the moving bed unit into the fluidized bed unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2008Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Borealis Technology OyInventors: Michiel Bergstra, Erik Eriksson, Gunter Weickert
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Patent number: 8268942Abstract: Water-absorbing polymeric particles are produced by spray polymerization of a monomer solution in a process wherein the monomer solution is spray dispensed and at least one crosslinker accumulates in the region of the droplet surface, and are useful in hygiene articles.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2006Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Inventors: Dennis Lösch, Volker Seidl, Uwe Stueven
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Patent number: 8222355Abstract: In a process for treating viscous products, especially for performing polymerization processes, especially for homo- or copolymerizing thermoplastics and elastomers, wherein monomer(s) and/or catalysts and/or initiators are added to a backmixed mixing kneader, especially with a length/diameter ratio of 0.5-3.5, heat is supplied to the product which is backmixed with already reacted product and the reacted product is removed from the mixing kneader, the product in the mixing kneader shall be heated up to its boiling temperature, portions of the product shall be evaporated and exothermicity of the product shall be absorbed by evaporative cooling.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2007Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: List Holding AGInventors: Pierre-Alain Fleury, Pierre Lichti
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Patent number: 8207291Abstract: Process for devolatilization of a polymer of an aromatic alkylene, such as styrene and, in particular, an improved process using water as a stripping agent (i) in which the total amount of water to be disposed of can be reduced, (ii) which allows at least a portion of the water to be recycled as stripping agent, reducing make-up requirements for the stripping agent, and (iii) which allows at least a portion of the aromatic alkylene monomer in the water to be recycled to the polymerization process (via the devolatilization steps) rather than being disposed.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2008Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Ineos Europe LimitedInventor: Jean-Marc Galewski
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Patent number: 8188198Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for cooling a polymerization reaction for producing polyolefin comprising the steps of: (a) thermally contacting said polymerization reaction with a cooling fluid such that the cooling fluid removes thermal energy from said reaction, (b) thermally contacting said cooling fluid with a working fluid thereby recovering said thermal energy from said cooling fluid in said working fluid, and (c) thermally contacting the cooling fluid obtained in step (b) with the polymerization reaction thereby cooling said reaction, wherein the working fluid is phase converted thereby providing energy in the form of heat and/or electricity and/or mechanical power back to the polyolefin production process. Said invention also relates to a polymerization process for producing olefin polymers in a reactor, and also relates to a process for energy optimization of energy consumption in a polymerization process and to a polymerization unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Total Petrochemicals Research FeluyInventor: Bernard Van Der Schrick
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Publication number: 20120130029Abstract: Process for introducing a polymerisation catalyst in solid form into a gas-phase fluidised bed using an injection device having an inner tube of internal cross-sectional area of 10-100 mm2 and an outer tube forming an annulus around the inner tube with a cross-sectional area of 1-10 times the internal cross-sectional area of the inner tube. The polymerisation catalyst and a carrier gas are passed through the inner tube into the gas-phase fluidised bed at a carrier gas linear velocity of 4-14 m/s and a carrier gas mass flow rate of 10-35 kg/h. A shielding gas is passed through the outer tube and into the gas-phase fluidised bed at a shielding gas linear velocity of 1-10 times the linear velocity of the carrier gas through the inner tube and at a shielding gas mass flow rate of 100-500 kg/h. No cooled recycle process gas is provided to the injection device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2011Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: Ineos Europe LimitedInventors: Bruno BORDAIS, Christopher James KEMP, Jose Andre LAILLE, Willy LEMESLE, Wilhelm KALZ, Loic PERIO
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Patent number: 8178633Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement for gas phase olefin polymerization process under two or more different flow regimes. The process involves adding a mixed electron donor system to a reactor having two or more different flow regimes, wherein the mixed electron donor system comprises at least one selectivity control agent and at least one activity limiting agent. The invention is particularly well suited for reactor systems which include a regime characterized by having a low-velocity or high-solid holdup, which have been reported to have operational problems such as particle agglomeration and formation of polymer “chunks”.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Ping Cai, Linfeng Chen, Jan W. Van Egmond, Michael W. Tilston
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Patent number: 8148481Abstract: A method for preparing a reactor for performance of a polymerization reaction, the method including providing at least one seed bed into the reactor; wherein the at least one seed bed includes at least one organometallic compound and polymer particles.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLCInventors: F. David Hussein, Mark G. Goode, Michael E Muhle, David A. Yahn, Robert O. Hagerty
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Patent number: 8148480Abstract: The invention relates to a stirred-tank reactor and to a method for carrying out a polymerization reaction of unsaturated monomers using a stirred-tank reactor. According to the invention, said stirred-tank reactor is characterized in that the product discharge point is designed as the central base outlet that is at least partially traversed by the agitator shaft. Said polymerization is performed continuously under positive pressure, so that the stirred-tank reactor is operated hydrodynamically.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2008Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Evonik Roehm GmbHInventors: Ruediger Carloff, Joachim Heid, Olaf Pickenaecker
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Patent number: 8143358Abstract: Installation for the gas-phase polymerization of at least one olefinic monomer, comprising a horizontal stirred reactor (1) consisting of an undivided space, provided with a number of gas feeds (13a-13) in the bottom section of the reactor (1) and a number of liquid feeds (7a-7) in the top section of the reactor (1) and at least two gas outlets (9, 11) at the top of the reactor (1), the installation being provided with means (43, 45) to regulate the discharge capacities of the gas outlets.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2009Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Inventors: Paul J. Diepen, Stanislaus M. P. Mutsers
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Publication number: 20120071613Abstract: The invention relates to a mixing kneader comprising at least two shafts (2,3) configured as hollow shafts, on whose surfaces kneading bars (4) are disposed on elements (5). The construction of the shafts is selected in such a way that the resonant frequencies of the shafts have a separation of at least 5% from the excitation frequencies. At least one of the shafts is preferably flowed through by a temperature-control medium, the inlet being disposed on one side and the outlet on the other side of the shaft. The mixing kneader preferably comprises at least one orifice above the shafts which is configured as a dome, the dome being closed by a displacer (22). In addition, at least one orifice for product withdrawal is provided, whose orifice cross section is adjustable during operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Uwe Stueven, Leo Van Miert, Dominicus van Esbroeck, Oskar Stephan, Annemarie Hillebrecht, Huanmin Wei
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Patent number: 8127372Abstract: This invention relates to the method for fabrication of polyisoprene aqueous emulsion, gloves and related products thereof, wherein the aqueous emulsion is polyisoprene or polynitrile aqueous emulsion obtained through free-radical emulsion polymerization initiated by initiating agent under normal pressure with isoprene as the monomer, or isoprene monomer, acrylonitrile monomer, and (methyl)acrylic acid as the monomer mixture, and emulsifying agent and dispersing agent as the emulsification system. After the isoprene or the mixture of isoprene monomer, acrylonitrile monomer, and (methyl)acrylic acid is mixed with the initiating agent, the oil phase obtained together with reducing agent is added dropwise in different time quantums. The polymerization conversion rate of polyisoprene aqueous emulsion or polynitrile aqueous emulsion according to this invention is increased from the original 78% to over 97.5%.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2009Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Shanghai Shengda Medical Application Co. Ltd.Inventor: Zongqiu Su
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Patent number: 8129483Abstract: A continuous gas phase circulating bed reactor, including: a riser for contacting a catalyst and a first gas composition comprising an olefin to form a polyolefin under fast-fluidization regime or a dilute-phase pneumatic conveying regime conditions; a downer for contacting the catalyst and a second gas composition comprising an olefin to form additional polyolefin under fast fluidization regime or a dilute-phase pneumatic conveying regime conditions; and a transport section for conveying at least a portion of the catalyst, polyolefin, and additional polyolefin from the downer to the riser. Also disclosed is a polymerization process using such a circulating bed reactor.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2009Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLCInventors: Ping Cai, F. David Hussein, Ian D. Burdett, David M. Gaines, Roger B. Painter
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Patent number: 8129486Abstract: A discharge system for removing a solid/gas mixture from a fluidized bed pressure vessel is provided. The discharge system includes a fluidized bed pressure vessel, a settling vessel, a transfer vessel, discharge line, primary discharge valve, and primary exit valve. Also in included is a method to operate the discharge system. The method includes transferring a solid/gas mixture from a fluidized bed pressure vessel to a settling vessel, transferring the solids to a transfer vessel, and then emptying the transfer vessel.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2007Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLCInventors: Randall L. Force, Robert G. Aronson, Mark W. Blood, Gerardo Corona, Dung P. Le, W. Scott Hamilton, Thomas A. Maliszewski, William K. Lutz
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Publication number: 20120035337Abstract: The present invention relates to novel materials particularly useful for ophthalmic applications and methods for making and using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to relatively soft, optically transparent, foldable, high refractive index Materials particularly suited for use in the production of intraocular lenses, contact lenses, and other ocular implants and to methods for manufacturing and using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: KEY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Khalid Mentak, Anthony Keslinke, Kevin Phan
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Publication number: 20110306696Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of copolymers containing acid monomer structural units and polyether macromonomer structural units, which is carried out in a continuous mode of operation in a reactor which has ?) a body B rotating about an axis of rotation and having a reaction surface, ?) a metering system and ?) a device for irradiating the reaction surface, i) the components of a starting reaction composition being applied individually and/or as a mixture with the aid of the metering system in a thin film on an inner region of the reaction surface of the rotating body B so that the thin film flows over the reaction surface of the rotating body B to an outer region of the reaction surface of the rotating body B, the thin film on the reaction surface being electromagnetically irradiated by means of the device for the irradiation of the reaction surface, ii) the thin film leaving the reaction surface as a reaction composition which has copolymer containing acid monomer structural uniType: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2009Publication date: December 15, 2011Inventors: Silke Flakus, Laurent Marc, Zhizhong Cai, Helmut Mack, Burkhard Walther, Jochen Mezger, Simone Klapdohr, Tobias Austermann
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Patent number: RE44032Abstract: Disclosed is a new ionic liquid monomer salt and methods of is synthesis and polymerization. The ionic liquid monomer salt is prepared by mixing equimolar amounts of an amine, such as tris[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)-ethyl]amine and an acid functionalized polymerizable monomer, such as 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid (AMPS), which is stirred at ambient temperature until salt formation is complete. Also disclosed is a new ionic liquid polymer salts and method for making the same. The synthesis of AMPS 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid-ammonium salt polymer is accomplished by adding 2,2?-azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) to the ionic liquid monomer salt and heating the homogeneous melt at 70° C. for 18 hr.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2011Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Holly L. Ricks-Laskoski, Arthur W Snow