Methods and apparatus for removing residual monomers
US6332958A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 19, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 25, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 19, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S203/09
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for removing residual monomers from a slurry containing a polyvinyl chloride. The apparatus has a cylindrical tower with plural perforated plates provided in a vertical direction in the tower, plural chambers formed on the perforated plates serving as their bottom surface, slurry introducing portions provided at two or more of the chambers, flow-down sections provided between the perforated plates to allow the slurry to sequentially flow down from the perforated plate of an upper chamber to the perforated plate of a lower chamber, a steam introducing port at a bottom portion of the tower, a deaerating port at a top portion of the tower, a slurry discharging port at a chamber below a chamber having the slurry introducing port, and hot water ejectors directly under the perforated plates directed at least toward the lower surface of the perforated plates. The apparatus is constructed so that the slurry introducing pipe is connected to a slurry introducing port through an on-off valve and the inside diameter of the slurry introducing pipe is progressively enlarged to 1.2 times or more toward the slurry introducing port.
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