Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
203006000 | ADDITION OF MATERIAL TO DISTILLAND TO INHIBIT OR PREVENT REACTION OR TO STABILIZE | 28 |
20080245652 | METHOD FOR PURIFYING (METH)ACRYLIC ACID - A method for purifying a crude (meth)acrylic acid obtained by a vapor phase catalytic oxidation method, characterized in that the crude (meth)acrylic acid having most parts of water and acetic acid removed therefrom, is fed to and distilled in a first distillation column of a purification system comprising first to third three distillation columns, the top fraction from the first distillation column is fed to and distilled in the second distillation column, the resulting top fraction is recovered as a high purity (meth)acrylic acid product, the bottoms from the first and second distillation columns are fed to and distilled in the third distillation column, and the resulting top fraction is fed to the first distillation column. | 10-09-2008 |
20090194407 | Method and system for disposal of furfural wastewater and method and system for furfural production - A method and system for disposal of furfural wastewater, wherein raw crop material is transported into a hydrolysis reactor after crushed and mixed with acid to be hydrolyzed to form raw furfural liquid, and then said raw furfural liquid is transported into a distillation column to be distilled, during which furfural wastewater is discharged from said distillation column. Firstly said furfural wastewater is transported into a wastewater evaporation system to be heated it into wastewater vapor which is then transported back into said hydrolysis reactor to form recycle of said furfural wastewater. Wastewater vapor residues generated therein can be utilized directly to combust in boiler, mix with acid, or prepare end product acetate. The system for disposal of furfural wastewater comprises at least a wastewater evaporation system connecting with a heat resource which is one of steam, electricity, coal, oil, gas, plant straws or wastewater vapor residues. The present invention further provides a method and system for furfural production utilizing said method and system for disposing the wastewater. The present invention realizes furfural production with no pollution. | 08-06-2009 |
20110266133 | PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING MONOAMMONIUM ADIPATE FROM FERMENTATION BROTHS CONTAINING DIAMMONIUM ADIPATE, MONOAMMONIUM ADIPATE AND/OR ADIPIC ACID, AND CONVERSION OF MONOAMMONIUM ADIPATE TO ADIPIC ACID - A process for making MAA from a clarified DAA-containing fermentation broth includes (a) distilling the broth to form an overhead that includes water and ammonia, and a liquid bottoms that includes MAA, at least some DAA, and at least about 20 wt % water; (b) cooling the bottoms to a temperature sufficient to cause the bottoms to separate into a DAA-containing liquid portion in contact with a MAA-containing solid portion that is substantially free of DAA; (c) separating the solid portion from the liquid portion; and (d) recovering the solid portion. | 11-03-2011 |
20140262733 | CAUSTIC TREATMENT OF FORMALDEHYDE RECYCLE COLUMN FEED - An improved method for removing formaldehyde from a crude butynediol product stream comprising the step of providing a crude butynediol stream containing butynediol and formaldehyde. A pH control agent is then mixed with the crude butynediol stream to form a treated product stream, wherein the pH of the treated product stream is raised to a level that limits the reaction of butynediol and formaldehyde to form acetal complex and decrease the solubility of trace metals. The treated product stream then flows into the inlet of a continuous distillation column. Finally, a concentrated formaldehyde stream from the overhead stream of the distillation column and a concentrated butynediol stream from the distillation bottoms stream that is essentially free of formaldehyde and acetal complex are both recovered. | 09-18-2014 |
20150129412 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING BASE LUBRICATING OIL FROM WASTE OIL - A method for recovering base oil from waste lubricating oil by separating base oil range constituents from a waste lubricating oil mixture, thereafter separating higher quality base oil constituents and lower quality base oil constituents from the base oil recovered from the waste lubricating oil mixture and thereafter treating the lower quality base oil constituents to produce marketable base oil. The total base oil produced from a waste lubricating oil mixture by this process is greater than the quantity producible by previous processes using only base oil separation from the waste lubricating oil mixture or processes which use only treatment of the base oil recovered from the waste lubricating oil mixture to produce the product base oil. | 05-14-2015 |
20150144477 | FLEXIBLE PROCESS FOR TREATING SOLVENT, SUCH AS MONOETHYLENE GLYCOL, USED IN NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION - The invention concerns a flexible process for purifying a solvent which inhibits the formation of hydrates during gas processing, in particular monoethylene glycol (MEG), said solvent having a boiling point which is higher than that of water and, at least at one point in time, being mixed with water and salts, the process operating in a different manner with the same facility as a function of the quantity of salts in the MEG to be treated. | 05-28-2015 |
203007000 | For scale inhibiting or corrosion preventing | 13 |
20090159420 | COOLING WATER CORROSION INHIBITION METHOD - Methods for inhibiting corrosion in aqueous evaporative systems where soluble silica (SiO | 06-25-2009 |
20100126842 | HIGH TEMPERATURE NAPHTHENIC ACID CORROSION INHIBITION USING ORGANOPHOSPHOROUS SULPHUR COMPOUNDS AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF - The present invention relates to the field of processing hydrocarbons which causes corrosion in the metal surfaces of processing units. The invention addresses the technical problem of high temperature naphthenic acid corrosion and sulphur corrosion and provides a solution to inhibit these types of corrosion. The composition formed by reacting high reactive polyisobutylene (HRPIB) with phosphorous pentasulphide in presence of catalytic amount of sulphur provides high corrosion inhibition efficiency in case of high temperature naphthenic acid corrosion inhibition and sulphur corrosion inhibition. The invention is useful in all hydrocarbon processing units, such as, refineries, distillation columns and other petrochemical industries. | 05-27-2010 |
20100163399 | Water Treatment Process for Steam Plant - In a steam plant, scale adhesion to the inside of a specific device is prevented, while reducing the amount of an agent such as hydrazine to the lowest possible level. A temporary change in the chemical environment or an approximately periodic variation in the chemical environment is brought about in a channel ( | 07-01-2010 |
20110079503 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCTION OF CONTAMINANTS IN EVAPORATOR DISTILLATE - Method and apparatus for producing high purity distillate in evaporators. The method and apparatus is useful for evaporation of waters where volatile silica compounds are encountered, and in cases where volatile organic compounds are encountered, such as in production of hydrocarbons from geological formations. An evaporator having a contaminant reduction system is provided. The contaminant reduction system includes an upflow first mist eliminator portion to remove entrained liquid droplets and produce an intermediate purity water vapor stream. A continuous spray system provides a spray of dilute caustic solution in a selected spray configuration for mass transfer contact with the passing intermediate purity water vapor stream, to remove volatile silica compounds therefrom, and produce a partially decontaminated steam stream having mist particles therein. An upflow second mist eliminator portion is provided to remove the residual mist particles, and produce a high purity water vapor stream. The high purity water vapor stream may be first compressed, but in any event is condensed to provide a high purity distillate stream. | 04-07-2011 |
20110214980 | NEW ADDITIVE FOR INHIBITING ACID CORROSION AND METHOD OF USING THE NEW ADDITIVE - The present invention relates to the field of corrosion inhibition in hydrocarbon fluid processing units. The present invention comprises a new additive for inhibiting acid corrosion comprising polymeric thiophosphate ester, which is obtained by reaction of a polymer compound having mono, di or poly hydroxyl group, preferably polymer compound which is hydroxyl-termination, more preferably said polymer compound comprising hydroxyl-terminated polyisobutylene or polybutene and phosphorous pentasulphide. Said polymeric thiophosphate ester is further reacted with any oxide selected from group consisting of ethylene oxide, butylenes oxide or propylene oxide or such other oxide, preferably ethylene oxide, capably forming ethylene oxide derivative of thiophosphate ester. The invention is useful effecting acid corrosion inhibition on the metal surfaces of a distillation unit, distillation column, trays, packing and pump around piping. | 09-08-2011 |
20110253522 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PURIFYING LIQUID USING WASTE HEAT - A method and system for purifying liquid using waste heat is provided. Initially, a liquid is mixed with an anti-sealant agent in a first filtering unit to form a liquid mixture. Thereafter, the liquid mixture is filtered in the first filtering unit to separate foreign objects from the liquid mixture. Subsequently, the liquid mixture is heated in a pipe arrangement connecting the first filtering unit and one or more second filtering units to generate steam. The steam obtained from the heated liquid mixture is then purified in the one or more second filtering units. Thereafter, the purified steam is condensed in the pipe arrangement to obtain the purified liquid. | 10-20-2011 |
20120006671 | CONTROL OF SCALE FORMATION IN PRODUCED WATER EVAPORATORS - Methods for inhibiting scale formation in evaporators of the type used to produce aqueous distillate from produced waters such as those waters that are commonly formed in steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) oil recovery methods are provided. In accordance with the invention, a chelant selected from EDTA, DTPA, NTA, and HEEDTA is added to the recirculating evaporator system brine or to the feedwater to such systems. | 01-12-2012 |
20120145528 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR TREATING A HYDROCARBON STREAM - One exemplary embodiment can be an apparatus for treating a hydrocarbon stream having one or more compounds with a boiling point of about 140° to about 450° C. The apparatus can include an extraction zone and a regeneration zone. The extraction zone can include at least one settler. Each settler can have a height and a length. Typically the length is greater than the height. Also, the settler can form a boot, which can be adapted to receive a feed at one end. The regeneration zone may include a regenerator for an ionic liquid. The regenerator can include a column adapted to provide a regenerated ionic liquid to the extraction zone. | 06-14-2012 |
20120234664 | Thermal Desalination - A thermal desalination process comprising: introducing a feed solution into a thermal separation unit, distilling the feed solution in the thermal separation unit to produce a distillate stream and a residual stream having a higher solute concentration than the feed solution, contacting a portion of the residual stream from the thermal separation unit with one side of a selectively permeable membrane, contacting the opposite side of the selectively permeable membrane with a portion of the feed solution, such that water flows across the membrane to dilute the residual stream by direct osmosis, and introducing at least a portion of the diluted residual stream into the thermal separation unit. | 09-20-2012 |
20130264186 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ACETIC ACID - Acetic acid is produced while efficiently inhibiting condensation of hydrogen iodide in a distillation column (second distillation column) for purifying crude acetic acid by further distillation. | 10-10-2013 |
20140034475 | Water Vapor Distillation Apparatus, Method and System - A water vapor distillation apparatus. The apparatus includes a source fluid input, an evaporator condenser whereby the source fluid input is fluidly connected to the evaporator condenser and the evaporator condenser transforms source fluid into steam and transforms compressed steam into product fluid, and a steam chest fluidly connected to the evaporator condenser, whereby the steam flows from the evaporator condenser into the steam chest, the steam chest comprising a foam mitigation device wherein the foam mitigation device mitigates foam in the water vapor distillation apparatus. | 02-06-2014 |
20140061023 | TREATMENT APPARATUS AND TREATMENT METHOD - According to one embodiment, a treatment apparatus includes a treatment liquid storage unit and a supply unit. The treatment liquid storage unit is configured to store a treatment liquid containing an acid and an oxidizing substance. The supply unit is configured to supply the treatment liquid stored in the treatment liquid storage unit to a fluid extracted via a production well. | 03-06-2014 |
20150360970 | Apparatus and Method to Remove Contaminates From a Fluid - An apparatus, system and method to remove purified vapor from a contaminated fluid. This apparatus may be a modified heat exchanger. The apparatus comprises an inlet wherein contaminated fluid flows in the apparatus through the inlet; at least two outlets wherein a first outlet exits purified vapor and a second outlet wherein contaminated fluid with a portion removed as purified vapor exits the apparatus; an energy source that causes the contaminated fluid to heat to a temperature wherein at least a portion of the contaminated fluid is converted to purified vapor; at least two different flow paths from at least one inlet to the first outlet and second outlet, the first and second flow paths flow through at least a portion of the apparatus wherein differences causes the lighter purified vapor to take a different path than the heavier contaminated with the purified vapor exiting the first outlet and the contaminated fluid exiting the second outlet. Herein also disclosed is a heat exchange system. Such a system comprises the apparatus described herein. Herein also described is a process that utilizes the apparatus disclosed herein. Such a process comprises the separation of a vapor volatile component from a non-volatile component in a mixture. In some cases, the non volatile component comprises a salt or a sugar and the volatile component comprises water. | 12-17-2015 |
203008000 | For inhibiting or preventing a polymerization reaction | 9 |
20110290635 | POLYMERIZATION INHIBITOR COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF INHIBITING POLYMERIZATION OF DISTILLABLE MONOMERS - The present invention relates to a polymerization inhibitor composition and a method of inhibiting polymerization of distillable monomers in liquid and evaporated/condensed phases with the polymerization inhibitor composition. The polymerization inhibitor composition is useful for inhibiting polymerization of the distillable monomers during manufacture, purification (e.g., distillation), handling, and storage thereof. | 12-01-2011 |
20120000764 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PURIFYING MONOMERS - The present invention relates to a process for purifying monomers, by evaporating at least a portion of the monomers present in a starting composition and then condensing it, which is characterized in that at least a portion of the starting composition is evaporated in a short-path evaporator, the mass flow density of the vapours {dot over (m)} being selected according to the relation (I) | 01-05-2012 |
20120205234 | POLYMERIZABLE MONOMER COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING POLYMERIZATION - The present invention provides a method for preventing polymerization, and a polymerizable monomer composition favorably used therefor that includes a (meth)acryloyl group-containing isocyanate compound and a specific polymerization inhibitor. The polymerizable monomer composition includes a (meth)acryloyl group-containing isocyanate compound and a stable free radical compound. The invention effectively prevents the polymerization of the (meth)acryloyl group-containing isocyanate compound and the occurrence of polymers due to the polymerization. Furthermore, the use of a stable free radical compound which has a vapor pressure approximate to that of the (meth)acryloyl group-containing isocyanate compound can effectively prevent polymerization in a vapor phase and a condensation phase of distillation facility. | 08-16-2012 |
20130008773 | METHYLIDENE MALONATE PROCESS - Novel improved processes for the production and isolation of methylidene malonates via direct and indirect adduct processes. | 01-10-2013 |
20130098752 | Process and Apparatus for the Distillation of Polymerization-Prone Compounds - In a process for distilling polymerization-prone compounds from liquid mixtures of matter which, apart from the readily polymerizable compound, also contain other components and also polymerization inhibitors, the evaporator is operated in forced circulation and at a pressure which makes possible superheating of the liquid with respect to its boiling point at the pressure within the distillation column. This is achieved by transporting the superheated liquid against a flow restrictor, e.g. an orifice plate. The liquid which is expanded and partially evaporated on passage through the flow restrictor is returned to the distillation column. In this manner the formation of an open vapour space in the evaporator circuit after heating downstream of the heat exchanger is avoided in that, in the design of the evaporator of the prior art, formation of polymer deposits frequently occurs. | 04-25-2013 |
20130206577 | PROCESS AND PLANT FOR THE DISTILLATION OF TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE LIQUIDS - For the distillation of temperature-sensitive liquids, in particular acrylic acid and its esters, the liquid is heated in a column and at least partly evaporated. The vapor is guided through a condenser provided inside the column, in which the vapor is at least partly condensed. The condensed liquid is at least partly withdrawn from the column. The distillation is characterized in that the vapor not condensed yet is guided through the condenser cocurrently to the condensed liquid. | 08-15-2013 |
20160251297 | UNIT AND PROCESS FOR PURIFICATION OF CRUDE METHYL METHACRYLATE | 09-01-2016 |
203009000 | Of unsaturated hydrocarbon | 2 |
20100126843 | PROCESS FOR DISTILLATIVELY OBTAINING PURE 1, 3-BUTADIENE FROM CRUDE 1, 3-BUTADIENE - A process is proposed for distillatively obtaining pure 1,3-butadiene from crude 1,3-butadiene in a plant comprising one or more distillation columns, comprising supply of a feed stream of crude 1,3-butadiene to the one distillation column or the first of the plurality of distillation columns, the one distillation column or the plurality of distillation columns having a flange with an internal diameter of ≧80 mm, comprising two mutually opposite plane-parallel surfaces ( | 05-27-2010 |
20160052840 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITING POLYSTYRENE FORMATION DURING STYRENE PRODUCTION - Methods and compositions are provided for inhibiting the polymerization of a vinyl aromatic monomer, such as styrene monomer, during elevated temperature processing or distillation thereof. The compositions comprise an inhibitor combination of (A) a hydroxylamine and (B) a stable free radical plus a retarder that is either; (C) dinitrobutylphenol or (D) quinone methide. The ratio of (A) to (B) ranges from about 5% (A) to 95% (B) to about 95% (A) to about 5% (B). The compositions are added to the vinyl aromatic monomer in amounts sufficient to prevent polymerization during the distillation process. Typically the inhibitor combination is added to the vinyl aromatic monomer in an amount ranging from about 10 to 150 ppm of the monomer. Retarders are typically added in an amount ranging from 50 to 1500 ppm of the vinyl aromatic monomer. | 02-25-2016 |