Borealis Ag

Karl Isak Skau

Markus Gahleitner

Markku Vahteri

Bill Gustafsson

Arild Follestad

Siw Bodil Fredriksen

Petri Rekonen

Jari Hatonen

Harry Øysæd

Jari Hätonen

The present inventions relates to a process for producing polyethylene compositions comprising polymerizing polyethylene resins in a cascaded multi-stage reaction in which the reaction steps are performed in at least two slurry phase reactors (A) and (B) and at least one gas phase reactor (C) which are arranged in series in any order wherein in reactor (A) a low molecular weight ethylene homo- or copolymer fraction having a MFRof 100 to 2000 g/10 min, in reactor (B) a low molecular weight ethylene homo- or copolymer fraction having an MFRof 100 to 2000 g/10 min, and in reactor (C) a high molecular weight ethylene copolymer fraction are polymerized, and further comprising a compounding step after polymerization, wherein the final polyethylene composition has a MFRof 3 to 50 g/10 min, the melt flow rates being determined according to ISO 1133.

Multi-stage process for producing polyethylene with lowered gel formation

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Tangenvelen, Norway

Karl Isak Skau