Acrolein scavengers
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorsGlenn L. Roof, Dwight Reid
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a process for removing acrolein from a gaseous or liquid mixture, in one case aqueous solutions, involving contacting the mixture with a compound selected from the group consisting of sodium hypochlorite; an acid salt of hydroxylamine; a urea compound such as urea itself or thiourea; sodium bisulfite and 4,4-dimethyl-1-oxa-3-azacyclopentane in an amount effective to substantially remove acrolein has been discovered. The process works particularly well in selectively scavenging acrolein from aqueous solutions containing acrylonitrile.
Claims2
A process for removing acrolein from a gaseous or liquid mixture containing acrylonitrile comprising contacting the mixture with sodium bisulfite in an amount effective to substantially and selectively remove acrolein.
A process for removing acrolein from a gaseous or liquid mixture containing acrylonitrile comprising:
- (1) contacting the mixture with from about 10 ppm to about 20 wt. %, based on the total mixture, of sodium bisulfite;
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- (2) selectively removing substantially all of the acrolein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.