Polymerization Facilities

2-Litre Stainless steel Reactors

• maximal polymerization pressure: 4.0 MPa
• minimal and maximal polymerization temperature: 5 – 120°C
• maximal polymer yield: ca 450 g

Suitable Applications:

• ​gas-phase polymerizations
• synthesis of homopolymers, statistical and sequential copolymers in gas-phase mode
• gas-phase kinetics evaluation
• 2nd catalyst injection tests
• electrostatic charge measurement

4-Litre Stainless steel Reactors

• maximal polymerization pressure: 4.0 MPa
• minimal and maximal polymerization temperature: 5 – 120°C
  
• maximal polymer yield: ca 750 g

Suitable Applications:

• ​gas-phase, bulk and suspension polymerizations,
• bulk kinetics evaluation,
  
• basic evaluation of mechanical properties
  
• synthesis of special polyolefin materials

50-Litre Stainless steel reactor

• maximal polymerization pressure: 2.3 MPa
• minimal and maximal polymerization temperature: 25 – 110°C
  
• maximal polymer yield: 3 ‒ 10 kg
  

Suitable Applications:

• ​gas-phase polymerizations,
• complete evaluation of mechanical properties,
• production of materials for processing trials
• synthesis of special polyolefin materials

Stopped-Flow Apparatus

• maximal polymerization pressure: 2.0 MPa
• minimal and maximal polymerization temperature: 25 – 60°C
  
• maximal yield:  1.0 g
  

Suitable Applications:

• ​study of active sites formation in liquid propylene under the conditions close to industrial process,
• study of initial period of polymerization (0.1 – 1 s) in liquid propylene under the conditions close to industrial process 
  
• preparation of special polyolefins as for example real block PP-EPR copolymers

Apparatus for Catalyst Activation and Pre-polymerization

• polymerizations are performed in glass reactors at precisely defined conditions
• polymerization pressure is slightly higher than atmospheric pressure
  
• minimal and maximal polymerization temperature: 25 – 95 °C
  
• Maximal yield: 10 g
  

Suitable Applications:

• ​evaluation of activation and pre-polymerization effects on subsequent catalyst performance in main polymerization process
• study of initial period of polymerization (1 – 120 s)
  
• number of active sites determination

Apparatus for silica activation

Apparatus for catalyst synthesis