LOW-PRESSURE POLYETHYLENE PRODUCTION PROCESS Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC C08F2/34 C08F4/24 C08F10/02 C08F210/02 

FIELD: polymer production.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to polyolefin production technology, notably to synthesis of ethylene copolymers on modified chromium oxide catalyst under low pressure conditions is gas-phase fluidized-bed reactor. More particularly, low-pressure polyethylene production via continuous gas-phase ethylene/α-olefin copolymerization process is disclosed, said process being carried out in a reactor with fluidizing grate using catalyst containing chromium oxide, modifying oxide, fluorine, and silica as carrier. Reaction mixture composed of ethylene, α-olefin, hydrogen, and nitrogen and compositionally adjusted when being circulated by adding appropriate amounts of indicated constituents, provided that nitrogen content lies allays within a range of 30-50% based on the total volume of reaction mixture, is fed into reactor below fluidizing grate. Additional amounts of nitrogen are continuously introduced into reactor as a separate stream above fluidizing grate at the catalyst supply level. Chromium oxide contained in catalyst is chromium reduction product with chromium in the form of Cr2+ and modifying oxide is aluminum oxide prepared from alkoxyalumoxane. Silica carrier is modified with fluorine in the preliminary drying step.

EFFECT: increased yield of polyethylene based on unit mass of catalyst and reduced consumption of catalyst without loss in product quality.

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