Reduction of acrylamide and acrylonitrile emissions
AssigneeThe Dow Chemical Company
InventorsWilliam R. Knee, Sergio S. Cutie
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Abstract
A method comprising contacting a vapor stream resulting from air sparging of aqueous acrylamide containing acrylonitrile with sufficient activated carbon adsorbent to substantially remove acrylamide and acrylonitrile from the vapor stream. This is a particularly advantageous method when aqueous acrylamide is stored in remote locations.
Claims6
A method for preventing polymerization of aqueous acrylamide contained in a vessel comprising passing an oxygen-containing gas through the aqueous acrylamide containing acrylonitrile and then contacting the resulting gas stream solely with a carbon adsorbent.
A method comprising contacting a vapor stream resulting from air sparging of aqueous acrylamide containing acrylonitrile with sufficient activated carbon adsorbent to substantially remove both acrylamide and acrylonitrile from the vapor stream.
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