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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2020
Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Eric J. Markel, Houston, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Abstract
Ethylene, alpha olefins, and other olefinically unsaturated monomers may be polymerized under fluidized bed polymerization reaction conditions in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst. A recycle stream featuring an induced condensing agent (ICA) comprising isobutane may increase catalyst productivity while maintaining quality of the polymer product, particularly when the recycle stream is delivered to a reactor containing the fluidized bed under conditions suitable to form a condensed or super-condensed mode in the recycle stream. The recycle stream may comprise unreacted olefinic monomers, and isobutane or a mixture of isobutane and isopentane.