化工学报 ›› 2022, Vol. 73 ›› Issue (4): 1585-1596.doi: 10.11949/0438-1157.20211838

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基于静电分选解析聚乙烯颗粒生长与形貌演变

葛世轶1,2(),杨遥1,2(),黄正梁1,孙婧元1,王靖岱1,阳永荣1   

  1. 1.浙江大学化学工程与生物工程学院，浙江 杭州 310027
    2.浙江大学杭州国际科创中心，浙江 杭州 311215
  • 收稿日期:2021-12-29 修回日期:2022-02-17 出版日期:2022-04-05 发布日期:2022-04-25
  • 通讯作者: 杨遥 E-mail:geshiyi@zju.edu.cn;yao_yang@zju.edu.cn
  • 作者简介:葛世轶(1993—)，男，博士，geshiyi@zju.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(22178303)

Analyzing particle growth and morphology evolution of polyethylene based on electrostatic separation

Shiyi GE1,2(),Yao YANG1,2(),Zhengliang HUANG1,Jingyuan SUN1,Jingdai WANG1,Yongrong YANG1   

  1. 1.College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, Zhejiang, China
    2.ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Hangzhou 311215, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2021-12-29 Revised:2022-02-17 Published:2022-04-05 Online:2022-04-25
  • Contact: Yao YANG E-mail:geshiyi@zju.edu.cn;yao_yang@zju.edu.cn

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摘要：

解析聚烯烃颗粒生长过程的形貌演变规律对认识聚合反应机理和调控产品性能至关重要。然而，聚烯烃复杂的颗粒生长行为导致极宽的粒径分布和较大的形貌差异，现有研究关注形貌均一的催化剂破碎生长成初级聚烯烃的过程，缺少对形貌各异的初级聚烯烃后续生长和形貌演化的系统研究。此外，亟需一种能够批量分选不同形貌聚烯烃的手段，支撑聚烯烃颗粒生长形貌的统计解析。基于同质同粒径颗粒摩擦荷电的形貌依赖性，开发了聚烯烃颗粒静电-形貌协同分选技术，实现了尺寸相近的不同形貌聚烯烃颗粒的批量分选，并基于此考察了聚乙烯颗粒生长过程中形貌的分化与演变规律。结果显示，聚乙烯颗粒生长过程中存在普遍的形貌劣化现象，随着粒径增大，颗粒形貌逐渐偏离标准球形；颗粒粒径、形貌、结晶度等的耦合解析表明聚乙烯颗粒存在两种可能的颗粒生长模式和形貌劣化路径：结晶速率过快导致的颗粒破碎和催化剂形貌复制效应导致的形貌劣化。研究方法和结果可为聚烯烃形貌研究和开发高性能聚烯烃催化剂提供重要支撑。

关键词: 聚乙烯, 静电, 形貌, 流化床, 聚合, 粉体技术

Abstract:

Analyzing the morphology evolution of polyolefin particles during the growth process is crucial for understanding the polymerization mechanism and regulating product properties. The complex particle growth of polyolefins leads to a large morphology difference and an extremely wide range of particle size distribution. However, existing studies focus on the process of primary polyolefins growing from the fragmentation of homogeneous catalysts, but lack of systematic studies on the subsequent growth and morphology evolution of primary polyolefins with different morphologies. Besides, a method of batch sorting polyolefin with different morphologies is needed to support statistical analysis of morphology evolution. An electrostatic-morphology co-separation method for polyolefin particles was developed based on the morphology-dependence of same-material particles with the same size. Through this method, batch sorting of polyolefin particles with similar sizes but different morphologies was achieved and the morphology evolution during polyethylene particle growth was investigated. The results show that there is a general phenomenon of morphology deterioration during polyethylene particle growth. As the particle size increases, the particle morphology gradually deviates from the sphere. The coupling analysis of particle size, morphology and crystallinity indicates two possible modes of particle growth as well as morphology deterioration: the particle fragmentation caused by excessive crystallization rate, and the replication of catalyst morphology. The method and results in this paper provide important support for the study of polyolefin morphology and the development of high-performance polyolefin catalysts.

Key words: polyethylene, electrostatics, morphology, fluidized-bed, polymerization, powder technology

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  • TQ 325.12

图1

实验装置"

表1

聚乙烯颗粒的性质"

颗粒商业牌号类型催化剂密度/(kg/m3)熔融指数/(g/10 min)
PE-AQHM32HDPEMetallocene9370.6
PE-BQHM22HDPEMetallocene9370.6
PE-CDMG1820LLDPEZiegler-Natta9182.0
PE-DDGDB2480HDPEChromium9450.46

图2

粒径600~850 μm的聚乙烯正电颗粒和负电颗粒的SEM图像和圆形度"

表2

圆形度及对应的颗粒投影图像"

CircularityTypical images
0.93—0.94
0.92—0.93
0.91—0.92
0.90—0.91
0.89—0.90
0.88—0.89

图3

聚乙烯颗粒各个窄粒径段的整体圆形度和静电分选正负荷电颗粒的SEM图像"

图4

四种牌号聚乙烯颗粒各窄粒径样品的中位径D50与中位圆形度ψ50"

图5

四种牌号聚乙烯各窄粒径分布正电颗粒和负电颗粒的熔融焓"

图6

聚乙烯颗粒破碎机理示意图[8]"

图7

不同形貌的聚乙烯颗粒的力-位移曲线"

图8

AFM测定的PE-A颗粒的杨氏模量"

图9

PE-A粗糙颗粒的拉曼谱图（r/r0=1.0）"

图10

PE-A颗粒剖面拉曼谱图的表面结晶度"

图11

聚乙烯颗粒生长模式示意图"

图12

聚乙烯PE-E颗粒的SEM图和对应的催化剂SEM图"

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