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Helmut Schmidtke, Bensheim DE

Helmut Schmidtke, Bensheim DE

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20080255351Method for Preparing Aminodiglycol (Adg) and Morpholine - Processes comprising: providing a starting material comprising diethylene glycol; and reacting the starting material with ammonia in the presence of a heterogeneous transition metal catalyst to form a reaction product comprising aminodiglycol and morpholine; wherein the catalyst comprises a catalytically active composition, which prior to treatment with hydrogen, comprises a mixture of oxygen-containing compounds of copper, nickel, cobalt and at least one of aluminum and zirconium; and wherein the catalyst is present as one or more shaped catalyst particles selected from spheres, extrudates, pellets and other geometries, wherein the sphere or extradate has a diameter of <3 mm, the pellet has a height of <3 mm, and the other geometries have an equivalent diameter L=1/a′ of <0.70 mm, where a′ is the external surface area per unit volume (mm10-16-2008
20080269426Method for Producing a Polyalkenyl Amine - The present invention relates to a process for preparing a polyalkenylamine, in which the solvent used for the reaction is exchanged for a different solvent.10-30-2008
20090187030PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUSLY PREPARING N-ETHYL-2-PYRROLIDONE (NEP) - Process for the continuous preparation of N-ethyl-2-pyrrolidone (NEP) by reacting gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) with monoethylamine (MEA) in the liquid phase, wherein GBL and MEA are used in a molar ratio in the range from 1:1.08 to 1:2 an the reaction is carried out at a temperature in the range from 320 to 420° C. and an absolute pressure in the range from 70 to 120 bar.07-23-2009
20100029989METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRONIC GRADE 2,2'-AMINOETHOXYETHANOL - A process for preparing electronics-grade 2,2′-aminoethyoxyethanol by reacting diethylene glycol with ammonia in the presence of a catalyst in a reactor to give a reaction mixture from which a crude 2,2′-aminoethoxyethanol stream is separated off and is purified further by distillation in a pure column, wherein a sidestream comprising electronics-grade 2,2′-aminoethoxyethanol is taken off from the pure column as a result of the diethylene glycol being passed through a filter which ensures a degree of removal of at least 99% for solid particles having a maximum particle size of ≦1.5 μm before the diethylene glycol is fed into the reactor, is proposed.02-04-2010
20100084257METHOD FOR THE CONTINUOUS SEPARATION OF MIXTURES COMPRISING MORPHOLINE (MO), MONOAMINODIGLYCOL (ADG), AMMONIA AND WATER BY MEANS OF DISTILLATION - Processes for the continuous fractional distillation of a mixture comprising morpholine (MO), monoaminodiglycol (ADG), ammonia and water from a reaction of diethylene glycol (DEG) with ammonia, the process comprising: (i) separating off ammonia from the mixture at a top of a first distillation column K04-08-2010
20100084258METHOD FOR THE CONTINUOUS SEPARATION OF MIXTURES COMPRISING MORPHOLINE (MO), MONOAMINODIGLYCOL (ADG), AMMONIA AND WATER BY MEANS OF DISTILLATION - Processes for the continuous fractional distillation of a mixture comprising morpholine (MO), monoaminodiglycol (ADG), ammonia and water from a reaction of diethylene glycol (DEG) with ammonia, the processes comprising: (i) separating off ammonia from the mixture at a top of a first distillation column K10; (ii) feeding a bottom fraction from K10 to a second distillation column K20 in which water and organic products are separated off at the top at a temperature at the top in the range from 45 to 198° C. and a pressure in the range from 0.1 to 15 bar; (iii) feeding a bottom fraction from K20 to a third distillation column K30 in which MO and organic products having a boiling point of <140° C. (1.013 bar) are separated off at the top or at a side offtake and ADG and organic products having a boiling point of >190° C. (1.013 bar) are separated off at the bottom, and (iv) feeding the MO-comprising stream which is separated off at the top or at a side offtake of the column K30 to a fourth column K40 in which organic products having a boiling point of ≦128° C. (1.013 bar) are separated off at the top and MO and organic products having a boiling point of ≧128° C. (1.013 bar) are separated off at the bottom and the bottoms from K40 are fed to a fifth distillation column K55 in which MO is separated off at the top and organic products having a boiling point of ≧128° C. (1.013 bar) are separated off at the bottom.04-08-2010
20110009627REACTOR FOR CARRYING OUT HIGH PRESSURE REACTIONS, METHOD FOR STARTING AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A REACTION - The invention relates to a reactor for performing high-pressure reactions, comprising at least one tube (01-13-2011
20120024689METHOD FOR THE CONTINUOUS SEPARATION OF MIXTURES COMPRISING MORPHONLINE (MO), MONOAMINODIGLYCOL (ADG), AMMONIA AND WATER BY MEANS OF DISTILLATION - Processes for the continuous fractional distillation of a mixture comprising morpholine (MO), monoaminodiglycol (ADG), ammonia and water from a reaction of diethylene glycol (DEG) with ammonia, the process comprising: (i) separating off ammonia from the mixture at a top of a first distillation column K10; (ii) feeding a bottom fraction from the first distillation column to a second distillation column K20, wherein water and an organic product are separated off at a top of the second distillation column at a top temperature of 45 to 198° C. and a pressure in the range from 0.1 to 15 bar; (iii) feeding a bottom fraction from the second distillation column to a third distillation column K30, wherein morpholine and an organic product having a boiling point of <140° C. (1.013 bar) are separated off at a point selected from a top and a side offtake of the third distillation column, and monoaminodiglycol and an organic product having a boiling point of >190° C. (1.013 bar) are separated off at a bottom of the third ditillation column, and (iv) feeding the morpholine-comprising stream from the third distillation column to a fourth column K40, wherein morpholine is separated off at a side offtake of the fourth column, an organic product having a boiling point of ≦128° C. (1.013 bar) is separated off at a top of the fourth distillation column and an organic product having a boiling point of ≧128° C. (1.013 bar) is separated off at a bottom of the fourth distillation column.02-02-2012

Patent applications by Helmut Schmidtke, Bensheim DE