Process for the preparation of polyolefin

• Main Authors: MIYAKE, YOSHIO, KAWASAKI, MASAAKI, SUEYOSHI, TOMOKO, KOBATA, ATSUO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 07.05.1997
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP

An olefin polymer is prepared by polymerizing at least one olefin in the presence of a catalyst comprising [A] a metallocene compound of a transition metal of Group IVB of the periodic table, and [B] an organoaluminum oxy-compound; wherein the organoaluminum oxy-compound [B] is added to the polymerization system in the form of a slurry of said organoaluminum oxy-compound [B] in an aliphatic hydrocarbon or alicyclic hydrocarbon, and the polymerization is carried out in the presence of an aliphatic hydrocarbon diluent or an alicyclic hydrocarbon diluent. Alternatively an olefin polymer is prepared by (i) polymerizing at least olefin in a liquid phase in the presence of the above-mentioned catalyst; and (ii) feeding a polymer solution containing the resulting olefin polymer from a polymerization zone to a separation zone kept at a temperature of not lower than the upper cloud point of the polymer solution to separate the polymer solution into a lower phase portion containing the olefin polymer in a high concentration and an upper phase portion, recovering the olefin polymer from the lower phase portion in the separation zone and recycling at least part of the upper phase portion to the polymerization zone.