Patent ID: 8105547

Claim:
A polymerization reactor for polymerization of olefins comprising: a reservoir having at least three side wall surfaces and a bottom wall surface thereby forming a reservoir cavity; at least one heat exchanger plate in fluid communication with a coolant source, wherein at least one of the at least one heat exchanger plates includes a film disposed thereon, the film being a barrier between an exothermic polymerization reaction mixture disposed within the reservoir cavity and at least one of the at least one heat exchanger plates; and a lid having a top wall surface and an inner wall surface, wherein the at least one heat exchanger plate is disposed perpendicular to the inner wall surface, the exothermic polymerization reaction mixture reacts to form a bulk polyalphaolefin polymer, the rate of the exothermic reaction of the mixture in the formation of the bulk polyalphaolefin polymer is controlled by the substantially homogeneous removal of heat from the mixture by the heat exchanger, the substantially homogeneous removal of heat from the mixture by the heat exchange is effected by placing each heat exchanger at a position relative of the mixture for the homogeneous removal of heat from the center most region of the mixture by the heat exchanger, such that sufficient cooling is provided of the exothermic polymerization reaction mixture to optimize the functionality of the bulk polyalphaolefin polymer.