The effect of introducing various types of alkyl aluminums directly into the catalyst and/or in the polymerization process as cocatalyst on the efficiency of a Cr‐V bimetallic catalyst for ethylene polymerization is systematically investigated. Results indicate that polymerization activity, kinetic behavior, and polymer properties of the Cr‐V catalyst are strongly affected by using alkyl aluminums in different stages of polymerization, due to the different responses and sensitivities of the two metal centers to alkyl aluminum. When employed as cocatalyst, triisobutyl aluminum gives high activity and polyethylene with relatively low molecular weight, while diethylaluminum chloride cocatalyzes the production of ultra‐high molecular weight polyethylene but with very low activity. On the other hand, the pre‐reduction of the bimetallic catalyst by alkyl aluminums has a marked promotion effect on catalyst efficiency. It is suggested that the addition of alkyl aluminum to the catalyst and to the reactor as cocatalyst are more or less equivalent in their effects on the improvement of polymerization activity, but they behave in different ways to affect polymer properties. 相似文献
Phillips catalyst is one of the most significant industrial ethylene polymerization catalysts. Chemical modifications have been carried out to tune the Phillips catalyst performance and improve the polyethylene properties. After the modification of the catalyst by fluorine, the polyethylene product with higher molecular weight (MW) and narrower molecular weight distribution (MWD) is suitable for producing automobile fuel tanks. Vanadium containing Phillips catalyst enhances α‐olefin incorporation and MW regulation. In present work, fluorine modified and unmodified chromium–vanadium (Cr–V) bimetallic catalysts are prepared and explored. Compared with the fluorine‐free catalyst, the activities of F‐modified bimetallic catalysts slightly decrease with the increasing MW of the product and the hydrogen response increases slightly. Due to the synergistic effect of the chromium, vanadium and fluorine on the silica gel support, the short‐chain branch distribution (SCBD) of copolymers from F‐modified Cr–V bimetallic catalyst (Cr–V–F)600 is more beneficial than that of Cr–V bimetallic catalyst (Cr–V)600 and F‐modified Cr–V bimetallic catalyst (Cr–V–F)500. The fluorination of Cr–V bimetallic catalysts has not only preserved the high polyethylene activity of bimetallic active sites but also produced the advantage of the high MW ability from fluorine.
A Ziegler‐Natta/metallocene hybrid catalyst was produced and utilized in the polymerization of ethylene with the aim of producing bimodal polyethylene. The MgCl2 adduct was prepared by a melt quenching method and Cp2ZrCl2 and TiCl4 catalysts were loaded, respectively, after treating the surface with TiBAl. The polymerization kinetics involved an induction period, followed by fragmentation and expansion of particles. SEM micrographs revealed that the spherical morphology was retained through the initial mild reaction conditions of induction period. The polymers produced showed bimodal molecular weight distribution patterns, suggesting that both components of the hybrid catalyst were active over the support.
Summary: Silica supported chromium oxide catalysts have been used for many years to manufacture polyethylene and they still account for more than 50% of world production of high‐density polyethylene. Along with its commercial success, the catalytic mechanism and polymerization kinetics of silica supported chromium oxide catalysts have been the subject of intense research. However, there is a lack of modeling effort for the quantitative prediction of polymerization rate and polymer molecular weight properties. The chromium oxide catalyzed ethylene polymerization is often characterized by the presence of an induction period followed by a steady increase in polymerization rate. The molecular weight distribution is also quite broad. In this paper, a two‐site kinetic model is developed for the modeling of ethylene polymerization over supported chromium oxide catalyst. To model the induction period, it is proposed that divalent chromium sites are deactivated by catalyst poison and the reactivation of the deactivated chromium sites is slow and rate controlling. To model the molecular weight distribution broadening, each active chromium site is assumed to have different monomer chain transfer ability. The experimental data of semibatch liquid slurry polymerization of ethylene is compared with the model simulations and a quite satisfactory agreement has been obtained for the polymerization conditions employed.
Polymerization rates at different reaction temperatures: symbols – data, lines – model simulations. 相似文献
In order to improve the branching ability of Phillips catalyst for ethylene polymerization, a new bimetallic Phillips catalyst was developed. In this work, a series of vanadium‐modified Phillips catalyst were prepared through co‐impregnation by varying the pH of the impregnation solution, the vanadium loading and the vanadium precursors. A method to prepare bimetallic Phillips catalyst having good catalytic performance was proposed. Catalyst characterization by diffuse reflectance UV‐Vis and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopies clarified the key role of specific interaction between chromium and vanadium components for the improvements in branching ability and catalyst activity.
SiO2‐supported Cr–V bimetallic catalyst can be used for producing bimodal polyethylene which can be applied for high‐performance pipe material. Alkyl aluminum are used to prereduce the bimetallic catalysts, and the effects of alkyl aluminum for the bimetallic catalyst are fully studied by catalyst characterization, polymerization kinetics, and the properties of polymer product by the comparison with the catalyst without prereduction. The result shows that the optimum polymerization activity is almost double after the catalyst is prereduced by triisobutylaluminum (TIBA), and the needed dosage of alkyl aluminum also is decreased significantly. The alkyl aluminum of the prereduced catalyst can also act as a chain transfer agent, significantly reducing the molecular weight of the polymer. The diethylaluminum chloride (DEAC) is mostly deactivating the Cr species during the ethylene polymerization. The synthesized catalysts, prereduced by TIBA, triethylaluminum (TEA), and DEAC, all exhibited good hydrogen response and comonomer interposition ability, which will be favorable for the further application of the bimetallic catalyst in the industrial field.
A FI (phenoxy-imine) Zr-based catalyst of bis[1-[(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imino]methyl-3,6-ditertbutyl-2-naphtholato]zirconium(IV) dichloride was prepared by changing the ligand from salicylaldehyde imine ligand which is used for well known FI catalysts to 2-hydroxynaphthalene-1-carbaldehyde imine ligand and used for polymerization of ethylene. Replacement of the phenoxy-group by naphtholato-group does not provide any spatial difficulties in the ortho-position to oxygen, but introduction of the bulky alkyl substitution groups at the ortho position of the naphthoxy-oxygen and on phenyl ring on the N dramatically enhanced the activity of the catalyst, as well as viscosity average molecular weight (Mv) of the obtained polymer. The prepared catalyst could produce a high molecular weight polyethylene under the polymerization conditions used. The optimum activity of the catalyst was obtained at the reaction temperature of 40°C. Activity of the catalyst was continuously increased with increasing MAO concentration and monomer pressure and no optimum activity was observed in the range studied. Crystallinity and melting point of the obtained polymer were between 55–65% and 125–135°C, respectively. A molecular weight distribution of 1.55–2.75 was obtained under the polymerization condition used and the polydispersity was broadened with the time. The activity of the catalyst was not sensitive to the hydrogen concentration. However, higher amount of hydrogen could slightly increase the activity of the catalyst. 相似文献
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