Polyethylene from Ethanol/Bill of Materials

Fluid bed reactor

Information on construction materials for Fluidized bed reactor can be found on its wikipage.

Catalyst preparation equipment

Necessary equipment: 1. Laboratory scale

2. Three neck round bottom flask

3. Magnetic stirrer

4. pH meter

5. Centrifuge

6. High heat oven for calcination

7. Size 30-50 mesh

8. Rotary evaporating flask

9. Nitrogen hookup

Ethanol dehydration catalyst materials

Reagents: 1. Al2O3 (gamma aluminum trioxide) BET SSA 200 m2/g

2. Na2CO3

3. Ti(SO4)2

Ethylene polymerization catalyst materials

Reagents: 1. MgCl2 anhydrous

2. Tetrahydrofuran

3. TiCl4

4. n-hexene

5. Silica

6. Isopentane

7. Triethylaluminium