Patent ID: 9382348
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B01J,C08F

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: polymerizing a monomer in a polymerization reactor to produce a slurry comprising polyolefin particles and a diluent; discharging at least the polyolefin particles and the diluent of the slurry as an effluent from the polymerization reactor and into a slurry handling system; conveying the effluent from the slurry handling system to a diluent and monomer recovery system, wherein the diluent and monomer recovery system includes a separation vessel configured to separate the effluent into the polyolefin particles and the diluent; and injecting steam into the effluent downstream of the slurry handling system and upstream of the separation vessel using a steam injection system.