Process for the separation of polyurethane foam hydrolysates into polyol and diamine

US4282367A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Georg Niederdellmann · Dormagen, DE
• Norbert Roemer · Wittlich, DE
• Ernst Grigat

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 19, 1979
• Grant date: Aug 4, 1981
• Expiry date: Dec 19, 1999

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S521/914
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The instant invention is directed to a process for the separation of polyurethane hydrolysates into polyamines and polyols which can be used again for the production of polyurethanes, comprising introducing gaseous hydrogen chloride into the hydrolysate mixture which has optionally been diluted with an inert solvent, and removing the precipitated amine salt by filtration, characterized in that PA0 (a) gaseous hydrogen chloride is optionally first introduced into the hydrolysate in a quantity of from 0.02 to 0.07 mol per amine equivalent, the reaction mixture is filtered and the filter residue is discarded, then PA0 (b) from 0.20 to 0.47 mol of gaseous hydrogen chloride per mol of amine equivalents still present is introduced into the filtrate and the precipitated amine salt is filtered off, then PA0 (c) stage (b) is repeated one or more times until the amine group content in the filtrate is below 1% by weight, based on the solvent-free filtrate, and finally PA0 (d) precipitation of the amine is completed by the introduction of from 0.5 to 1.0 mol of gaseous hydrogen chloride, based on the amine equivalents remaining in the filtrate.