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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2000
Simon Mawson, Charleston, WV (US);
John Francis Szul, Nitro, WV (US);
Mark Gregory Goode, Hurricane, WV (US);
Clark C. Williams, Charleston, WV (US);
Univation Technologies, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method to polymerize monomer comprising contacting one or more monomer(s) with a catalyst system in a gas phase reactor having a recycle system, for removing a recycle gas and unreacted monomer(s) from the reactor and returning the recycle gas and fresh monomer(s) to the reactor, and a plenum, the method comprising the steps of: (a) cooling the recycle gas to form a cooled recycle gas; (b) optionally combining the cooled recycle gas with additional recycle gas; and (c) injecting the cooled recycle gas into the gas phase reactor through the plenum.