Spray-drying process
US8435936B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 15, 2010 |
| Grant date | May 7, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 15, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC11D11/02
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for preparing a spray-dried detergent powder having: (i) detersive surfactant; and (ii) other detergent ingredients; wherein the process includes the steps of: (a) forming an aqueous detergent slurry in a mixer; (b) transferring the aqueous detergent slurry from the mixer to a pipe leading through a first pump and then through a second pump to a spray nozzle; (c) contacting a detergent ingredient to the aqueous detergent slurry in the pipe after the first pump and before the second pump to form a mixture; (d) spraying the mixture through the spray nozzle into a spray-drying tower; and (e) spray-drying the mixture to form a spray-dried powder, wherein the pressure drop between (i) the pressure in the pipe at the outlet of the first pump to (ii) the pressure in the pipe at the inlet to the second pump is less than 8×105 Pa.
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