Patent ID: 9611342
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: B01J,C08F

Claim:
1. A multi-zone reactor suitable for the continuous fluidized bed polymerization of one or more α-olefin monomers of which at least one is ethylene or propylene, which multi-zone reactor is operable in condensed mode, which multi-zone reactor comprises a first zone, a second zone, a third zone, a fourth zone and a distribution plate, wherein the first zone is separated from the second zone by the distribution plate, wherein the multi-zone reactor is extended in the vertical direction, wherein the second zone of the multi-zone reactor is located above the first zone, and wherein the third zone of the multi-zone reactor is located above the second zone, and wherein the fourth zone of the multi-zone reactor is located above the third zone, wherein the second zone contains an inner wall, wherein at least part of the inner wall of the second zone is either in the form of a gradually increasing inner diameter or a continuously opening cone, wherein the diameter or the opening increases in the vertical direction towards the top of the multi-zone reactor, wherein the third zone contains an inner wall, wherein at least part of the inner wall of the third zone is either in the form of a gradually increasing inner diameter or a continuously opening cone, wherein the diameter or the opening increases in the vertical direction towards the top of the multi-zone reactor wherein the largest diameter of the inner wall of the third zone is larger than the largest diameter of the inner wall of the second zone.