Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP

Nguyen, Thanh

Kufeld, Scott, E.

Benham, Elizabeth a

Gonzales, Rebecca a

Gill, Catherine M.

Bhandarkar, Maruti

Odi, Timothy O.

Mutchler, Joel A.

Timothy O Odi

Elizabeth Ann Benham

Scott E Kufeld

Joel A Mutchler

Thanh Tri Nguyen

Ralph W Romig

Rebecca A Gonzales

Maruti Bhandarkar

Catherine M Gill

Anurag Gupta

Max P McDaniel

Qing R Yang

Kathy S Clear

Tony R Crain

Joseph A Curren

Tin-Tack Peter Cheung

Joseph Bergmeister, Iii

Zongxuan Hong

David W Dockter

Jennifer F Drew

Jennifer L Nill

Thomas J Gonzales

Charles D Nolidin

Thanh T Nguyen

James E Hein

Reza Khankal

Enrique Mancillas

Ji Xian Loh

Ralph Romig

Disclosed are systems and processes for distributing reactor coolant flow to the cooling jackets of a loop slurry reactor, where the reactor coolant is used to control the temperature of the loop slurry reactor in olefin polymerization. Also disclosed are systems and processes for controlling the temperature of the reactor coolant that is used for cooling olefin polymerization reactors, which can be used in combination with traditional coolant distribution regimes and in combination with the coolant distribution systems and processes that are disclosed herein.

Loop slurry reactor cooling processes and systems

Catalyst deactivating agents and compositions containing catalyst deactivating agents are disclosed. These catalyst deactivating agents can be used in methods of controlling polymerization reactions, methods of terminating polymerization reactions, methods of operating polymerization reactors, and methods of transitioning between catalyst systems.

Methods for terminating olefin polymerizations

A system and method for a first reactor to produce a transfer slurry having a first polyolefin polymerized in the first reactor, a heat-removal zone to remove heat from the transfer slurry, and a second reactor to receive the transfer slurry cooled by the heat-removal zone, the second reactor to produce a product slurry having a product polyolefin which includes the first polyolefin and a second polyolefin polymerized in the second reactor.

Cooling between multiple polyolefin polymerization reactors

A system and method for a polyolefin reactor temperature control system having a first reactor temperature control path, a second reactor temperature control path, and a shared temperature control path. The shared temperature control path is configured to combine and process coolant return streams, and to provide coolant supply for the first reactor temperature control path and the second reactor temperature control path.

Unified cooling for multiple polyolefin polymerization reactors

A polyolefin production system including: a first reactor configured to produce a first discharge slurry having a first polyolefin; a second reactor configured to produce a second discharge slurry having a second polyolefin; and a post-reactor treatment zone having at least a separation vessel configured to receive the second discharge slurry or both the first discharge slurry and the second discharge slurry.

Polyolefin production with multiple polymerization reactors

Processes and systems for olefin and diluent recovery utilizing one or more side columns, including a side rectifier column and/or a side degassing column, in combination with a heavies column.

Side rectifier column for olefin and diluent recovery

A system and method for startup of a polyolefin reactor temperature control system having a first reactor temperature control path, a second reactor temperature control path, and a shared temperature control path. In some embodiments, during startup the second reactor temperature control path is configured to allow the temperature of a second reactor to rise due to the heat of the exothermic polymerization reaction occurring within the reactor until reaching a predetermined setpoint temperature. In other embodiments, during startup a first reactor temperature control path is configured to include a heat exchanger used as a cooler, and a second reactor temperature control path is configured to include a heat exchanger used as a heater, to raise the temperature of the second reactor until reaching a predetermined setpoint temperature.

A treater regeneration system in a polyolefin production system, the treater regeneration system comprising an off-line treater receiving a first portion of a regenerating stream and regenerating a desiccant in the off-line treater to yield a regenerating effluent stream, where the regenerating stream comprises a regenerating medium, and where the regenerating effluent stream comprises the regenerating medium, water and an impurity; a decanter receiving at least a portion of the regenerating effluent stream to yield the regenerating stream and a water stream, wherein the water stream comprises the water; and a stripper receiving a second portion of the regenerating stream to yield an impurity stream and a process recycle stream, wherein the impurity stream comprises at least a portion of the impurity, and wherein the process recycle stream comprises the regenerating medium of the second portion of the regenerating stream.

Treater regeneration

A system and method for discharging a transfer slurry from a first polymerization reactor through a transfer line to a second polymerization reactor, the transfer slurry including at least diluent and a first polyethylene. A product slurry is discharged from the second polymerization reactor, the product slurry including at least diluent, the first polyethylene, and a second polyethylene. The velocity, pressure drop, or pressure loss due to friction in the transfer line is determined, and a process variable adjusted in response to the velocity, pressure drop, or pressure loss not satisfying a specified value.

Polyethylene production with multiple polymerization reactors

A process includes hydrogenating, in a reaction zone, a highly unsaturated hydrocarbon received from a hydrocarbon stream to yield a product having an unsaturated hydrocarbon, the hydrogenating step occurring in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst which has a selectivity for conversion of the highly unsaturated hydrocarbon to the unsaturated hydrocarbon of about 90 mol % or greater based on the moles of the highly unsaturated hydrocarbon which are converted to the product, the hydrogenating step occurring in a reaction zone under conditions which include a flow index (I) in a range of about 0.09 to about 35, wherein the Iis defined as: wherein F is the flow rate of the hydrocarbon stream into the reaction zone in units of kg/h, [CO] is the concentration of carbon monoxide in the hydrocarbon stream in units of mol %, and V is the volume of the reaction zone in units of ft.

Selective hydrogenation using a flow index

Disclosed are embodiments of a method of regenerating a desiccant in an off-line treater of a polyolefin production process. The method may include a heating phase followed by a cooling phase. The heating phase may involve use of a regenerating gas made from heating a treated a recycle stream of the polyolefin production process to regenerate desiccant in an off-line treater. The cooling phase may involve thermosyphoning the regenerating gas, nitrogen, an olefin-free diluent, or combinations thereof in a closed-convection loop of the off-line treater.

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Kingwood, TX, United States of America

Timothy O Odi