Title: Radiation‐induced polymerization of ethylene in pilot plant. III. Heavy‐phase recycling process
Abstract: Abstract Radiation‐induced polymerization of ethylene using aqueous tert ‐butyl alcohol as medium was carried out in a large‐scale pilot plant with a 50‐liter central source‐type reactor at a pressure of 105 to 395 kg/cm 2 , temperature of 30° to 80°C, mean dose rate of 4.5 × 10 4 to 1.9 × 10 5 rads/hr, ethylene feed rate of 5.5 to 23.5 kg/hr, and medium feed rate of 21 to 102 l./hr. The space–time yield and molecular weight of the polymer were in the range of 4.7 to 16.8 g/l.‐hr and 1.3 × 10 4 to 8.9 × 10 4 , respectively. The space–time yield and molecular weight increased with mean residence time at 30°C, whereas at 80°C they became almost independent of the time. The space–time yield increased with pressure and dose rate, slightly decreased with temperature, and was maximum at ethylene molar fraction of 0.5. The polymer molecular weight increased with pressure and ethylene molar fraction, and decreased with dose rate and temperature. The total amount of deposited polymer on the reactor wall, source case wall, and scraping blades was usually less than 1 kg, which was negligibly small for the analysis of polymerization. Continuous discharge of the polymer slurry and production of fine‐powder polyethylene were successfully carried out. In the central source‐type reactor, a dose rate of 1.9 × 10 5 rads/hr was obtained with a 60 Co source of ca. 12 kCi.
Publication Year: 1979
Publication Date: 1979-10-15
Language: en
Type: article
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