Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc.

Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc.

Exxon Chemical Products Inc.

Michael F McDonald, Jr

Robert Norman Webb

Timothy D Shaffer

Pamela Jean Wright

David Y Chung

Kenneth W Powers

Richard Dwight Hembree

Scott Thomas Milner

Ralph Howard Schatz

Deborah J Davis

Joseph A Maier

Sunny Jacob

Yu Feng Wang

Leming Gu

John A Clark

Jo Ann M Canich

Pradeep P Shirodkar

Robert Olds Hagerty

George Rodriguez

Timothy Daniel Shaffer

Charles J Harlan

James V Fusco

Kevin Bruce Stavens

Hsien C Wang

Randall B Laird

Florin Barsan

Aaron Sattler

Joel Edward Schmieg

Albert E Schweizer

Robert L Long

Richard Cheng-Ming Yeh

D Shaffer Timothy

Mauritz Kelchtermans

Carl J Thomas

N Webb Robert

Danica L Nguyen

William G DePierri

Donald A Williams

David J Lawrence

Hans F Vanbrackle

Robert N Webb

D Hembree Richard

Aakriti Jain

Richard C M Yeh

Adam H Scott

Stephen T Dalpe

Torri L Rose

Andrew B Donnalley

J Davis Deborah

Deborah Jean Davis

Claude A Gautier

Scott T Milner

Yuan-Ju R Chen

A method for making a polymer, having the steps of (a) polymerizing one or more monomers in the presence of a solvent and a catalyst to form a reaction product; (b) removing an effluent from the reaction product, where the effluent comprises an active catalyst and one or more unreacted monomers; (c) combining a quench, comprising carbon dioxide, with the effluent to form a quenched polymer stream, having a carboxyl metal complex; and (d) recovering a polymer from the quenched polymer stream.

Carbon dioxide as a catalyst quench agent in solution polymerization, and products made therefrom

A system for producing a functionalized olefinic-based polymer, the system comprising a polymerization zone for producing an olefinic-based polymer comprising a mixing section, a deliquifying section, and a quenching section, wherein at least one section of the polymerization zone has a defined cross-sectional area that continually decreases from a first end to a second end of said section; a devolatilization zone comprising a kneader or extruder, wherein said devolatilization zone is downstream of said polymerization zone and in fluid communication with said polymerization zone; and a functionalization zone downstream of said devolatilization zone and in fluid communication with said devolatilization zone.

System and process for the production of functionalized olefinic-based polymer

A reactor comprising a first portion having a generally cylindrical housing, an inlet at one end of said first portion housing, the opposed end of said first portion housing being the outlet of said first portion, where said first portion includes a rotatable shaft positioned axially within said housing and including at least two shearing paddles extending radially from said rotatable shaft and a second portion having a generally frustoconical housing having a first end larger than a second end, said first end constituting an inlet to said second portion and coextensive with said opposed end of said first portion housing, and an outlet at said second end, where said second portion includes a rotatable shaft positioned axially within said housing and including at least one generally helical flight extending radially from said rotatable shaft.

Reactor for multi-phase composition

This invention relates to a brominated elastomer composition comprising a free radical scavenger. The scavenger is present in the amount of at least about 0.05 wt % of the composition. The scavenger is added to the composition so that the Mooney viscosity of the composition does not increase by more than about 15% to about 40%, for up to about 15 days at 80&#xb0; C. The scavenger can be a sterically hindered nitroxyl ether, a nitroxyl radical, or both.

Mooney viscosity stable brominated elastomers

A polymer synthesis system has a polymerization reactor and a deliquifying-quench extruder downstream of and in fluid communication with the polymerization reactor. The polymerization reactor has an inlet and an outlet with a rotatable shaft positioned axially within the reactor. The deliquifying-quench extruder has an inlet and an outlet, with a shaft assembly positioned axially within the extruder. The shaft assembly includes multiple helical flight configurations and multiple processing zones defined by the multiple flight configurations. The processing zones include an extraction-compaction zone, a sealing zone downstream of the extraction-compaction zone, a vent-cooling zone downstream of the sealing zone, a quenching zone downstream of the vent-cooling zone, and a conveying zone downstream of the quenching zone.

Reactor system for multi-phase polymerization process

This invention relates to a method of preparing a brominated elastomer having a stabilized Mooney viscosity. The method includes polymerizing isomonoolefins and at least one polymerizable unit to obtain an elastomer/polymer; brominating the elastomer/polymer to form a brominated elastomer effluent; neutralizing the brominated elastomer effluent to form a neutralized effluent; volatizing off the hydrocarbon solvent; and recovering a brominated elastomer. In at least one point of the process, preferably prior to any significant temperature change in the brominated polymer, a Mooney stabilizer is added into the system. Portions of the Mooney stabilizer may be added at multiple points into the process.

Process for preparing a halogenated elastomer with improved Mooney viscosity stability

The disclosure provides for a process and polymerization system to produce isoolefin polymers () utilizing polymorphogenates () in the catalyst system to control polydispersity (MWD). The disclosure also provides a catalyst system () comprising a plurality of active catalyst complex species () formed by combination of a Lewis acid (), an initiator () and a polymorphogenate (), as well as polymers made using the catalyst system or process. The polymorphogenate () can promote or mimic the formation of different active catalyst complex species () having different polymerization rates, i.e. different rates of propagation, chain transfer, or termination, as observed by different polydispersities resulting from the presence of relatively different proportions of the polymorphogenate.

Polydispersity-controlled isoolefin polymerization with polymorphogenates

Provided for herein is a process to produce an essentially homogeneous single liquid phase hydrocarbon-rubber cement from a polymer slurry comprising a hydrocarbon-rubber, a diluent, and unreacted monomer(s), the process comprising:

Process to produce a hydrocarbon rubber cement utilizing a hydrofluorocarbon diluent

Methods for producing elastomers or elastomeric compositions are provided. One or more Cto Cisoolefins and one or more comonomers can be polymerized in the presence of a diluent comprising one or more hydrofluorocarbons to provide a slurry comprising polymer product, unreacted monomer and the diluent. The slurry can be extruded to separate at least a portion of the diluent from the polymer product. The separated diluent can be recycled for polymerizing the one or more Cto Cisoolefins.

Separation of polymer slurries

The present invention relates to a gas phase process for polymerizing one or more hydrocarbon monomer(s) in the presence of a catalyst system and a fluorinated hydrocarbon, where the fluorinated hydrocarbon is present at a partial pressure of 6.9 to 348 kPa in the reactor and the reactor temperature is from 30 to 120&#xb0; C.

Polymerization process

Provided for herein is a process for separating a hydrocarbon-rubber from a hydrofluorocarbon diluent comprising contacting a polymer slurry comprising the hydrocarbon-rubber dispersed within the hydrofluorocarbon diluent with a hydrocarbon solvent capable of dissolving the hydrocarbon-rubber, to produce a first liquid phase and a second liquid phase, and separating the first liquid phase from the second liquid phase.

Phase separation process utilizing a hydrofluorocarbon

The method of polymerization includes the steps of a) providing a catalyst system, b) providing at least one monomer or comonomer mixture in a reaction vessel, c) introducing the catalyst into the reaction vessel, and d) polymerizing the at least one monomer or comonomer mixture to produce an isoolefin polymer. The catalyst may be soluble in the diluent used for polymerization. The polymerization contact surfaces of the reaction vessel have an arithmetic average surface roughness of less than 0.3 &#x3bc;m (12 microinches).

Method for reducing depositions in polymerization vessels

The disclosure provides a slurry polymerization system and method to decrease polymer deposition on reactor surfaces using an oxygenate such as alcohol () supplied to the polymerization medium () separate from the catalyst feed ().

Method and apparatus for decreasing polymer deposition

The invention relates to a new catalyst system that improves the heat transfer capability of a butyl reactor slurry process system in the production of random copolymers of one or more isoolefin monomers and one or more conjugated diene monomers in continuous slurry polymerization processes. The process is carried out in an anhydrous polymerization system containing a mixture of the monomers in a polar diluent along with a Lewis acid and a Cor greater initiator having a tertiary halide.

Process for polymerizing cationically polymerizable monomers

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Michael F McDonald, Jr