Lg Chem, Ltd

Jun-Seok Ko

Sung-Cheol Yoon

Sung-Ho Park

Seong-Jin Kim

Sang Youn Lee

Boo Gon Woo

Seong Pil Kang

Young Bae Kim

Sung-Soo Park

Seok Hwan Choi

Se-Won Baek

Hyun-Kyu Kim

Seong-Pil Kang

Boo-Gon Woo

Soo-Young Choi

Kyoung-Su Ha

Dong-Hyun Cho

Dong-Hyun Woo

Sung-Kyoo Park

Young-Bae Kim

Seok-Hwan Choi

Eun-Ju Kim

Jung-Hoon Chang

Sung-Koo Park

Kyoung-Su 102-2104 Daerim Hansup Town Ha

Min-Jeong Park

The present invention relates to an elastic terpolymer which can satisfy excellent processability and elasticity (flexibility) at the same time, and a preparation method thereof. The elastic terpolymer is a copolymer of 40 to 70 weight % of ethylene, 15 to 55 weight % of a C-Calpha-olefin, and 0.5 to 20 weight % of a diene obtained in the presence of a group 4 transition metal catalyst, of which i) the weight average molecular weight measured by GPC is 100,000 to 500,000, and ii) &#x394; tan &#x3b4;, the difference between the tan &#x3b4; values at the angular frequencies of 0.2 rad/s and 100.0 rad/s, is 0.5 or less that is measured at 100&#xb0; C. by using a rubber process analyzer.

Elastic terpolymer including diene group and preparation method thereof

The present invention relates to a method of preparing an ethylene/alpha-olefin/diene-based elastic copolymer having high viscosity and a high molecular weight, in which energy efficiency of the entire process is optimized. The method of preparing the elastic copolymer includes the steps of: copolymerizing an ethylene/alpha-olefin/diene-based elastic copolymer; and separating and removing the solvent and unreacted monomers from the polymer solution and recovering the elastic copolymer, by sequentially using a gas-liquid separator and a stripper in the purification of the solvent and unreacted monomers.

Method of preparing elastic terpolymer

The present invention relates to an elastic terpolymer that can acquire good mechanical properties and elasticity (flexibility) at the same time, and a preparation method thereof. The elastic terpolymer, which is a copolymer of 40 to 70 wt % of ethylene, 15 to 55 wt % of a C-Calpha-olefin, and 0.5 to 20 wt % of a diene as obtained in the presence of a group 4 transition metal catalyst, satisfies that: (i) the weight average molecular weight measured by GPC is 100,000 to 500,000; and (ii) the ethylene content x (wt %) and the crystallization enthalpy y (&#x394;HcJ/g) of the copolymer measured by DSC satisfy a defined relational expression.

Elastic terpolymer and preparation method thereof

The present invention relates to an elastic terpolymer which can satisfy excellent processability and elasticity (flexibility) at the same time, and a preparation method thereof. The elastic terpolymer is a copolymer of 40 to 70 weight % of ethylene, 15 to 55 weight % of a C-Calpha-olefin, and 0.5 to 20 weight % of a diene obtained in the presence of a group 4 transition metal catalyst, of which i) the weight average molecular weight measured by GPC is 100,000 to 500,000, and ii) the Mooney viscosity (ML) and the Mooney relaxation area (MLR) measured by a Mooney viscometer (1+4+2 {circle around (a)}125&#xb0; C.) can satisfy a specific relation.

The present invention relates to an elastic terpolymer that can acquire good mechanical properties and elasticity (flexibility) at the same time, and a preparation method thereof. The elastic terpolymer, which is a copolymer comprising 40 to 70 wt % of ethylene, 20 to 50 wt % of a C-Calpha-olefin, and 2 to 20 wt % of a diene as obtained in the presence of a catalyst comprising a vanadium compound, satisfies that: (i) the weight average molecular weight measured by GPC is 100,000 to 500,000; and (ii) in the monomer distribution of the copolymer determined byC NMR analysis, K given by a defined Equation 1 is 0.01 or less.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for continuous recovery of (meth)acrylic acid, and more specifically to a method of continuous recovery of (meth)acrylic acid, including: conducting gas phase oxidation of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of propane, propylene, butane, i-butylene, t-butylene, and (meth)acrolein in the presence of a catalyst to obtain a mixed gas containing (meth)acrylic acid; quenching the (meth)acrylic acid-containing mixed gas to remove high boiling point by-products in the (meth)acrylic acid-containing mixed gas; contacting the high boiling point by-product-free (meth)acrylic acid-containing mixed gas with water or an aqueous solution to obtain an aqueous solution containing (meth)acrylic acid; and purifying the aqueous solution containing (meth)acrylic acid to obtain (meth)acrylic acid. The continuous recovery method of (meth)acrylic acid according to the present invention may significantly reduce energy consumption and continuously recover high purity (meth)acrylic acid with excellent production efficiency compared to the previous recovery methods.

Process for continuous recovering (meth) acrylic acid and apparatus for the process

The present invention provides a method of recovering a (meth)acrylic acid ester, which comprises the steps of: (a) carrying out an esterification reaction between an alcohol and (meth)acrylic acid in the presence of a catalyst to obtain a (meth)acrylic acid ester, wherein a byproduct is generated together with the (meth)acrylic acid ester; and (b) subjecting the byproduct generated in step (a) to a reaction with a catalyst and water in a reactor, wherein the water is fed into the reactor in order that water content exceeds 0 wt % but is 10 wt % or less in the reactor based on the total weight of reactants comprising the byproduct, the catalyst and the water, and thereby separating the (meth)acrylic acid, the alcohol and the (meth)acrylic acid ester contained in the byproduct from the byproduct to obtain the (meth)acrylic acid, the alcohol and the (meth)acrylic acid ester as a recovered product.

Method of recovering (meth) acrylic acid ester

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for continuous recovery of (meth)acrylic acid, and more specifically to a method of continuous recovery of (meth)acrylic acid, including: conducting gas phase oxidation of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of propane, propylene, butane, i-butylene, t-butylene, and (meth)acrolein in the presence of a catalyst to obtain a mixed gas containing (meth)acrylic acid; quenching the (meth)acrylic acid-containing mixed gas to remove high boiling point by-products in the (meth)acrylic acid-containing mixed gas; contacting the high boiling point by-product-free (meth)acrylic acid-containing mixed gas with water or an aqueous solution to obtain an aqueous solution containing (meth)acrylic acid; and purifying the aqueous solution containing (meth)acrylic acid to obtain (meth)acrylic acid. The continuous recovery method of (meth)acrylic acid according to the presentA invention may significantly reduce energy consumption and continuously recover high purity (meth)acrylic acid with excellent production efficiency compared to the previous recovery methods.

The present invention relates to a method of preparing an alkyl (meth)acrylate, and more specifically to a method of preparing an alkyl (meth)acrylate which comprises the steps of: carrying out an esterification reaction with reactants comprising an alkanol and (meth)acrylic acid in the presence of an organic acid catalyst with a conversion rate of about 70% or more; supplying reaction products of the esterification reaction to a distillation tower equipped with a reboiler at the lower end to purify them; recovering a upper discharge comprising an alkyl (meth)acrylate and water at the upper part of the distillation tower and recovering a lower discharge comprising high boiling materials and water at the lower part of the distillation tower; separating the lower discharge of the distillation tower into a water layer and an organic layer; and recirculating the water layer separated from the lower discharge so as to be used in the esterification reaction, wherein each of the steps occurs continuously and the lower discharge of the distillation tower includes water in an amount of about 2-25% by weight with respect to the total weight of the lower discharge.

Method of preparing alkyl (meth)acrylate

The present invention provides a (meth)acrylic acid collecting method for collecting a (meth)acrylic acid from a mixed gas that includes an organic byproduct, a steam, and a (meth)acrylic acid that are generated in a production reaction of the (meth)acrylic acid, which includes the steps of a) contacting the mixed gas that includes the organic byproduct, the steam, and the (meth)acrylic acid with a (meth)acrylic acid absorption solvent to obtain a gas that includes the organic byproduct and the steam and the (meth)acrylic acid containing solution while the gas and the (meth)acrylic acid containing solution are separated from each other; b) contacting the gas that includes the organic byproduct and the steam that are obtained in the step a with the organic byproduct absorption solvent to obtain the gas that includes the steam and the organic byproduct containing solution while the gas and the organic byproduct containing solution are separated from each other; c) supplying the gas that includes the steam that is obtained in the step b into the production reaction of the (meth)acrylic acid; and d) obtaining the (meth)acrylic acid from the (meth)acrylic acid containing solution that is obtained in the step a while the (meth)acrylic acid and the (meth)acrylic acid containing solution are separated from each other, and a (meth)acrylic acid collecting device.

Method for collecting (meth)acrylic acid and apparatus for collecting (meth)acrylic acid

The present invention provides a method for preparing unsaturated aldehydes and/or unsaturated fatty acids from olefins using a fixed-bed catalytic partial oxidation reactor, in particular, a start-up method upon packing with catalysts and initiating the reaction, and a process for producing unsaturated aldehydes and/or unsaturated fatty acids with high yield.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Jun-Seok Ko