Since polypropylene was synthesized in 1954, tremendous breakthroughs have been
achieved in transferring polypropylene from a discovery in the laboratory to an …

This literature survey focuses on the application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in
various aspects of the fluidized bed reactor. Although fluidized bed reactors are used in …

Catalysts and polymerization processes have evolved over the years. Such significant
developments have allowed producers to broaden the range of polymer microstructure and …

In large-scale industrial fluidized bed reactors (FBRs) for polyethylene (PE) production, the
prediction of the interactions between polymerization, gas–solid two phase flow and particle …

Circulating fluidized beds (CFBs) are used in a variety of industrial applications in which the
homogeneous distribution of the solid phase is desirable. The core-annulus concentration …

Polyolefins play a role in industries and are typically manufactured using two types of
reactors: high-pressure tubular reactors and fluidized bed reactors. An innovative …

Ultrasonic waves were applied to improve the gas-solid flow homogeneity in CFB risers. The
aim of this study is to verify if applying ultrasound in the radial direction of a lab-scale CFB …

This work aims to explore the scale-up effect on the hydrodynamic natures in a pilot-plant
gas phase ethylene polymerization fluidized bed reactor (FBR) based on two-dimensional …

In an industrial fluidized bed polymerization reactor, particle size distribution (PSD) plays a
significant role in the reactor efficiency evaluation. The computational fluid dynamic (CFD) …

Multizone circulating reactor (MZCR) technology is an emerging and advanced olefin
polymerization process, which allows the production of intimate mixtures of polyolefins with …