Reactor Equipment

Today, polyethlene production involves three main types of reactors:

  1. Batch Reactor
  2. Plug Flow Reactor
  3. Fluidized Bed Reactor
Batch Plug Flow Fluidized Bed

Within these reactors two main reaction process occur: High Pressure and Low Pressure Polymerization.

Please read on to find out more about High-Pressure free-radical polymerizaton.