Vaccum system for controlling pressure in a polyester process
US5466765A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 9, 1995 |
| Grant date | Nov 14, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 9, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08G63/785
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention discloses a polymerization system having at least two reaction chambers wherein vacuum is used to remove vapors therefrom comprising a single vacuum system for supplying vacuum in increasing amounts to successive reaction chambers. Also disclosed is a polymerization process having at least first and second reaction chambers in which the pressure is decreased successively from said first chamber to a final chamber, said process comprising the steps of: maintaining a vacuum in said final chamber by removing final chamber vapors therefrom via a final chamber ejector connected thereto by a vacuum line; directing discharge from said final chamber ejector into a first chamber precondenser to produce first chamber non-condensed materials and condensed first chamber ejector motive fluid; directing said first chamber ejector non-condensed materials from said first chamber precondenser to a second ejector connected thereto by a vacuum line; directing discharge from said second ejector into a second condenser to produce second condenser non-condensed materials and condensed second ejector motive fluid; wherein said second condenser is connected to a vacuum pump.
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