Method for separating vinyl chloride from polymers
AssigneeStauffer Chemical Company
InventorsChung H. Wei, Leroy B. Kuhn
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Abstract
A method for separating vinyl chloride monomer from an aqueous polyvinyl chloride resin mixture which comprises passing the aqueous resin mixture at an elevated temperature and sub-atmospheric pressure over a vibrating surface.
Claims9
A method of separating vinyl chloride monomer from an aqueous polyvinyl chloride resin mixture said mixture comprising water and polyvinyl chloride and having a polyvinyl chloride content of about 10 to about 50 weight percent;
- which method consists essentially of passing said aqueous resin mixture into a stripping zone under conditions of elevated temperature, subatmospheric pressure, and contact with a vibrating surface vibrating at a frequency in the range of less than about 6,000 cycles per minute;
- wherein said condition of elevated temperature is obtained by (1) heating said aqueous resin mixture before contact with said vibrating surface, or (2) introducing steam directly into the stripping zone into which said aqueous resin mixture is flowing over said vibrating surface;
- and recovering said aqueous resin mixture with a reduced vinyl chloride monomer content.
A method of separating vinyl chloride monomer from an aqueous polyvinyl chloride resin mixture, said mixture comprising water and polyvinyl chloride and having a polyvinyl chloride content of about 10 to about 50 weight percent;
- which method consists essentially of passing said aqueous resin mixture into a stripping zone under conditions of elevated temperature, subatmospheric pressure, and contact with a vibrating surface vibrating at a frequency in the range of less than about 6,000 cycles per minute;
- wherein said condition of elevated temperature is obtained by heating said aqueous resin mixture before contact with said vibrating surface and recovering said aqueous resin mixture with a reduced vinyl chloride monomer content.
A method of separating vinyl chloride monomer from an aqueous polyvinyl chloride resin mixture, said mixture comprising water and polyvinyl chloride and having a polyvinyl chloride content of about 10 to about 50 weight percent;
- which method consists essentially of passing said aqueous resin mixture into a stripping zone under conditions of elevated temperature, subatmospheric pressure, and contact with a vibrating surface vibrating at a frequency below 6,000 cycles per minute;
- wherein said condition of elevated temperature is obtained by introducing steam directly into the stripping zone into which said aqueous resin mixture is flowing over said vibrating surface;
- and recovering said aqueous resin mixture with a reduced vinyl chloride mononer content.
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