Patent attributes
A process comprises introducing an olefin monomer and a catalyst system or catalyst system components into a reaction mixture within a reaction system. The reaction system comprises: a total reaction mixture volume, and a heat exchanged portion of the reaction system comprising a heat exchanged reaction mixture volume and a total heat exchanged surface area. The process also comprises oligomerizing the olefin monomer within the reaction mixture, determining one or more reaction system operating parameters during the oligomerizing, controlling the one or more reaction system operating parameters during the oligomerizing, maintaining a ratio of the total heat exchanged surface area to a total reaction mixture volume within the reaction system in a range from 0.75 in−1 to 5 in−1, maintaining an oligomer product discharge rate from the reaction system between 1.0 (lb)(hr−1)(gal−1) and 6.0 (lb)(hr−1)(gal−1), and discharging a reaction system effluent comprising the oligomer product from the reaction system.
