摘要 |
Vessel for separating, at a pressure of from 10 MPa to 50 MPa, a composition comprising liquid components and gaseous components into a liquid fraction and a gaseous fraction, wherein the separation vessel has a cylindrical shape and is vertically arranged, the separation vessel has at its top a manhole, which is surrounded by a thickened part of the separation vessel wall; the separation vessel is equipped with means for introducing the composition into the separation vessel, with means for withdrawing a gaseous fraction from the top of the separation vessel, and with means for withdrawing a liquid fraction from the bottom of the separation vessel; and the separation vessel bears at least one bursting disc which is held by a bursting disc holder which is installed pressure-tight within a boring in the thickened part of the separation vessel wall, process for separating, at a pressure of from 10 MPa to 50 MPa, a composition comprising liquid components and gaseous components into a liquid fraction and a gaseous fraction, and process for preparing ethylene homopolymers or copolymers from ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of free-radical polymerization initiators at temperatures from 100°C to 350°C and pressures in the range of from 1 10 MPa to 500 MPa in a polymerization reactor, wherein the separation of the reaction mixture obtained by the polymerization is carried out in such a separation vessel. |