A METHOD FOR WITHDRAWING AGGLOMERATES FROM A FLUIDISED BED REACTOR

The present invention relates to a process and apparatus for withdrawing polymer agglomerates from a fluidised bed polymerisation reactor, the polymerisation reactor comprising a bottom zone having a generally conical shape and no fluidisation grid. The agglomerates are withdrawn by using an agglome...

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Hauptverfasser: AGUAYO ARELLANO, Pablo Ivan, KANELLOPOULOS, Vasileios, PRINSEN, Eric-Jan, KRALLIS, Apostolos, AL-HAJ ALI, Mohammad, NYFORS, Klaus, Weickert, Gunter
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention relates to a process and apparatus for withdrawing polymer agglomerates from a fluidised bed polymerisation reactor, the polymerisation reactor comprising a bottom zone having a generally conical shape and no fluidisation grid. The agglomerates are withdrawn by using an agglomerate trap below the bottom zone. A value of a process variable indicative of the content of agglomerates in the agglomerate trap is measured and the opening time of the valves transferring polymer to and from the agglomerate trap is adjusted based on the measured value.