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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2008
Applicant:
Larry Allen Noble, Longview, TX (US);
Inventor:
Larry Allen Noble, Longview, TX (US);
Assignee:
Westlake Longview Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 2/00 (2006.01); C09B 67/00 (2006.01); B01J 8/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for preventing or reducing polymer agglomeration and/or accumulation on or around the gas distribution grid in an olefin polymerization, fluidized-bed reactor. The process involves introducing one or more scouring balls into the reactor above the gas distribution grid, and carrying out olefin polymerization in the presence of the scouring balls. Also disclosed is a process for polymerizing olefins in a fluidized-bed reactor with reduced polymer agglomeration and/or accumulation on the gas distribution grid.