Ultrafiltration process for the recovery of polymeric latices from whitewater
AssigneeRohm and Haas Company
InventorsRandall George Buckley, George Lafayette Eastburn, Marion Charles Schmitz, Barry Richard Breslau, Shawn Patrick Tansey
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Abstract
Polymer is recovered by ultrafiltration from a whitewater waste stream generated during the production of a polymer latex. The whitewater stream is circulated through an ultrafiltration system in laminar flow, under conditions of shear insufficient to destabilize the whitewater emulsion, and the recovered polymer is in the form of an emulsion which may be blended at significant levels into the original polymer latex without degrading its performance properties.
Claims2
A polymer latex recovered from whitewater emulsion by contacting the whitewater emulsion with an ultrafiltration membrane under laminar flow conditions, to remove water from the whitewater emulsion, wherein the whitewater is generated by diluting a polymer latex product, and wherein the polymer latex so recovered may be blended into the product at a level of at least 5 weight percent with no deleterious effect upon performance properties of the product.
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