Scavenging chemicals used in mitigation treatments of hydrogen sulfide in hydrocarbon streams often continue to react and form polymers that foul the processing system. Disclosed herein are methods for determining if a scavenging chemical mitigator, or its reaction or degradation product, will polymerized during or after mitigation treatments. This information allows for the optimization of mitigation treatments that pre-emptively control or prevent polymer formation. Such pre-emption measures reduce the cost and time related to remedial actions to treat polymer-fouled equipment.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a polymer reverse emulsion polymerization comprising the following steps: a) Preparation of an aqueous phase comprising at least one water-soluble monomer and at least one water-soluble precursor of formula (I):

##STR00001## b) Preparation of an organic phase comprising a lipophilic solvent and at least one water-in-oil surfactant, c) Mixing the aqueous phase and the organic phase while stirring to form an inverse emulsion, d) Once the inverse emulsion has been formed, addition of a radical polymerization initiator in said inverse emulsion, and obtaining a polymer by polymerization of at least one water-soluble monomer.

A method for increasing the melt strength of a polyolefin polymer composition is provided. The method includes mixing a first polyolefin composition derived from at least one olefin polymerization catalyst (a) and at least one olefin polymerization catalyst (b) with a second polyolefin composition derived from the at least one olefin polymerization catalyst (b) or from at least one olefin polymerization catalyst (c), and obtaining the polyolefin polymer composition.

A photocatalyst can be regenerated with increasing efficiency, turnover number and turnover frequency in the presence of air by irradiating the photocatalyst with a first range of wavelengths of light that excite the photocatalyst to an intermediate and irradiating the intermediate with a second range of wavelengths of light that turns the intermediate to the photocatalyst.

Methods for forming a latex are provided. In an embodiment, such a method comprises adding a monomer emulsion comprising water, a monomer, an acidic monomer, a multifunctional monomer, a first reactive surfactant, and a chain transfer agent, to a reactive surfactant solution comprising water, a second reactive surfactant, and an initiator, at a feed rate over a period of time so that monomers of the monomer emulsion undergo polymerization reactions to form resin particles in a latex, wherein the reactive surfactant solution does not comprise monomers other than the second reactive surfactant, the reactive surfactant solution does not comprise a resin seed, and the monomer emulsion does not comprise the resin seed. The latexes are also provided.

The present invention relates to a process for supply of a polymerization catalyst component to a polymerization reactor which comprises: a. Providing a first stream comprising the catalyst component in a first line, which first line is connected to and downstream of a pump outlet or of a flow control valve, b. Providing a diluent stream in a second line, c. Contacting the first stream and the diluent stream to form a mixed stream and passing the mixed stream to a polymerization reactor,
characterised in that the mixing of the first stream and the diluent stream takes place by providing the first stream from the first line and the diluent stream from the second line separately to a mixing chamber which has an enlarged cross-section compared to the first and second lines.

Methods for producing polyethylene compositions having broader melt index ratio and narrower molecular weight distribution in high pressure multi-feed tubular reactors are provided. The methods are useful in multi-feed tubular reactors comprising three or more reaction zones. The first reaction zone or the first and second reaction zone having a peak temperature that is lower than standard peak temperatures for polymerization of ethylene monomer in a tubular reactor.

The present invention is a composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of first and second polymer particles; and polymeric organic crosslinked microspheres; wherein, the weight-to-weight ratio of second polymer particles to first polymer particles is in the range of from 50:50 to 80:20; and wherein the weight-to-weight ratio of the microspheres to the first and second polymer particles is in the range of from 3:97 to 20:80. The composition of the present invention is useful semi-gloss or satin paint formulations with excellent mar resistance.

The present invention relates to a reactor system for a multimodal polyethylene polymerization process, comprising; (a) a first reactor; (b) a hydrogen removal unit arranged between the first reactor and a second reactor comprising at least one vessel connected with a depressurization equipment, preferably selected from vacuum pump, compressor, blower, ejector or a combination thereof, the depressurization equipment allowing to adjust an operating pressure to a pressure in a range of 100-200 kPa (abs); (c) the second reactor; and (d) a third reactor and the use thereof as a container.

A method for controlling the start up conditions in a gas phase polymerization process is provided. An inventory can be calculated for each monomer, comonomer, and hydrogen sufficient to produce a polyethylene polymer having desired properties, such as, a certain melt index and/or density.