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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2001
Michael Witt, Rotorua, NL;
Paulus De Lange, Wesseling, DE;
Thomas Perner, Essingen, DE;
Andreas Deckers, Flomborn, DE;
Kaspar Evertz, Schifferstadt, DE;
Dieter Lilge, Limburgerhof, DE;
Basell Polyolefine GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for drying and degassing polyolefins in which the polymerization product leaving a polymerization reactor is brought into contact with a degassing medium and simultaneously decompressed. The degassing medium employed according to the invention is the monomer to be polymerized, which, in particular, flows through a decompression tank in a circulation process and which is preferably also enriched with ethylene or other low-boiling olefins in an amount in the range from 0 to 100 mol %, based on the total amount of circulating gas. A polymerization in an amount of up to 10%, based on the total polymerization conversion, takes place in accordance with the invention inside the decompression tank.