Methods for processing HDPE recyclates including, but not limited to, polyethylene and polypropylene and compositions therefrom are provided. HDPE recyclate can be visbroken to improve processing characteristics and/or devolatilized to remove waste byproducts to produce processed HDPE recyclates. Processed HDPE recyclates are compounded with pre-consumer polyolefins to produce blend compositions having acceptable or even improved processing characteristics. Such pre-consumer polyolefins can also be visbroken to further tailor processing characteristics of such polymer blends. A combination of extruders and/or extruder zones can be used at the same or different locations for visbreaking and/or compounding of both HDPE recyclate and/or pre-consumer polyolefins.

A method for producing hollow resin particles, the method comprising a mixture liquid preparation step, a suspension preparation step, a polymerization step, and a solvent removal step; wherein a content of a saturated hydrocarbon solvent is 50% by mass or more with respect to 100% by mass of a total amount of a hydrocarbon solvent; wherein a polymerization initiator is an oil-soluble polymerization initiator; and wherein, in the mixture liquid, a cross linkable monomer contains a tri- or higher functional crosslinkable monomer, and with respect to 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the polymerizable monomer, a total content of the crosslinkable monomer is 80 to 98 parts by mass, a content of the tri- or higher functional crosslinkable monomer is from 10 parts by mass to 98 parts by mass, and a content of the hydrocarbon solvent is from 300 parts by mass to 1500 parts by mass.

A method for producing hollow resin particles, the method comprising a mixture liquid preparation step, a suspension preparation step, a polymerization step, and a solvent removal step; wherein a content of a saturated hydrocarbon solvent is 50% by mass or more with respect to 100% by mass of a total amount of a hydrocarbon solvent; wherein a polymerization initiator is an oil-soluble polymerization initiator; and wherein, in the mixture liquid, a cross linkable monomer contains a tri- or higher functional crosslinkable monomer, and with respect to 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the polymerizable monomer, a total content of the crosslinkable monomer is 80 to 98 parts by mass, a content of the tri- or higher functional crosslinkable monomer is from 10 parts by mass to 98 parts by mass, and a content of the hydrocarbon solvent is from 300 parts by mass to 1500 parts by mass.

A method for producing hollow resin particles, the method comprising a mixture liquid preparation step, a suspension preparation step, a polymerization step, and a solvent removal step; wherein a content of a saturated hydrocarbon solvent is 50% by mass or more with respect to 100% by mass of a total amount of a hydrocarbon solvent; wherein a polymerization initiator is an oil-soluble polymerization initiator; and wherein, in the mixture liquid, a cross linkable monomer contains a tri- or higher functional crosslinkable monomer, and with respect to 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the polymerizable monomer, a total content of the crosslinkable monomer is 80 to 98 parts by mass, a content of the tri- or higher functional crosslinkable monomer is from 10 parts by mass to 98 parts by mass, and a content of the hydrocarbon solvent is from 300 parts by mass to 1500 parts by mass.

The present invention relates to a method for producing an ethylene-based copolymer, and more particularly, to a method for producing an ethylene-based copolymer capable of increasing process efficiency by preventing plugging and corrosion of a facility. The method for producing an ethylene-based copolymer includes a producing mode and a washing mode of which one is selectively performed. The producing mode includes: a) hyper-compressing primary compressed ethylene, and a mixture including a carboxylic acid-containing comonomer and a polar solvent to produce a compressed material; b) reacting the compressed material to produce a reaction product including an ethylene-based copolymer; and c) separating and recovering unreacted residues from the reaction product and introducing the unreacted residues into the mixture of step a). The washing mode includes: re-supplying the compressed material produced in step a) to step a) as a mixture, without performing step b).

Disclosed is a method for preparing polymer polyol comprising the steps of: (a) polymerizing polyol and aromatic vinyl monomer in the presence of an organic diluting agent; (b) additionally inputting and polymerizing polyol, aromatic vinyl monomer and unsaturated nitrile monomer in the product of step (a); and (c) removing the organic diluting agent from the product of step (b), wherein the organic diluting agent is compatible with the polymer of the aromatic vinyl monomer.

Disclosed is a method for preparing polymer polyol comprising the steps of: (a) polymerizing polyol and aromatic vinyl monomer in the presence of an organic diluting agent; (b) additionally inputting and polymerizing polyol, aromatic vinyl monomer and unsaturated nitrile monomer in the product of step (a); and (c) removing the organic diluting agent from the product of step (b), wherein the organic diluting agent is compatible with the polymer of the aromatic vinyl monomer.

This disclosure describes polymerization processes and processes for quenching polymerization reactions using reactive particulates, such as lecithin, as quenching agents, typically in solution or bulk polymerization processes.

This disclosure describes polymerization processes and processes for quenching polymerization reactions using reactive particulates, such as lecithin, as quenching agents, typically in solution or bulk polymerization processes.

A process comprising polymerizing olefin monomers and optionally comonomers in a first reactor vessel, thereby forming a raw product stream comprising polymerized solids, unreacted monomer and optionally comonomer, the polymerized solids comprising olefin polymer, volatile organic compounds (VOC) and catalyst system. Then the polymerized solids are contacted with a catalyst poison selected from carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, oxygen, water, alcohols, amines, or mixtures thereof, thereby forming a passivated stream. The passivated stream is maintained in an agitated state within a second reactor. The passivated stream within the second reactor is then contacted with a circulating gas comprising unreacted monomer for a residence time, thereby reducing the concentration of VOC in the polymerized solids by at least 10 wt % compared to the level before entering the second reactor, thereby forming a purified olefin polymer solids stream.