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US 2006/0223982 A1Published application
Method of drying a material having a cohesive phase
AssigneeGenzyme Corporation
InventorGary Rea
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Abstract
A method for drying a material such as a polymer hydrogel which passes through a cohesive phase as it dries is disclosed. The method comprises agitating a composition while removing liquid until the solids content of the composition reaches a level at which the composition enters a cohesive phase, halting agitation, removing liquid from the composition in the absence of agitation, and resuming agitation. Practice of the present invention can eliminate the problems associated with adhesion of a material to itself and to process equipment during the cohesive phase.
Claims1
A method of removing liquid from a composition, the method comprising:
- (a) agitating the composition while removing liquid until the composition enters a cohesive phase;
- (b) halting agitation;
- (c) removing liquid from the composition in the absence of agitation until the composition passes through the cohesive phase;
- (d) resuming agitation;
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- (e) removing liquid from the composition while agitating the composition until the solids content of the composition reaches a pre-determined level.
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