Patent ID: 6967230

Claim:
A process comprising: (1) mixing Stream 1 with Stream 2 to produce Stream 3 ; wherein said mixing occurs in Mixing Zone One; wherein said Mixing Zone One comprises a slurry polymerization reactor selected from the group consisting of a loop reactor and a stirred tank; wherein Stream 1 comprises at least one catalyst deactivating agent; wherein Stream 2 comprises a reaction mixture; wherein said reaction mixture comprises at least one polyolefin, at least one catalyst, at least one diluent, and at least one monomer; wherein Stream 3 comprises at least one polyolefin, at least one deactivated catalyst, at least one diluent, and at least one monomer; (2) transporting at least a portion of Stream 3 from said Mixing Zone One through Stream Zone 1 and to Separating Zone One; wherein said Separating Zone One comprises at least one flash chamber; (3) separating Stream 3 in said Separating Zone One into Stream 4 and Stream 5 ; wherein said Stream 4 comprises a polyolefin lean stream wherein the majority of said Stream 4 comprises at least one diluent; wherein said Stream 5 comprises a polyolefin rich stream wherein the majority of said Stream 5 comprises at least one polyolefin; (4) transporting Stream 5 from said Separating Zone One through a Stream Zone 3 to an Agglomerating Zone One; (5) agglomerating Stream 5 in said Agglomerating Zone One to produce a Stream 6 , wherein Stream 6 comprises at least one agglomerated polyolefin; (6) transporting Stream 6 from said Agglomerating Zone One through Stream Zone 4 to a Product Recovery Zone.