Infrared solvent stripping process
US8608998B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 9, 2008 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P70/62
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A process for stripping chemically bonded spinning solvent from a solution-spun nonwoven web comprising the steps of providing a nonwoven web comprising solvent-laden polymeric fibers having average fiber diameters of less than about 1 micrometer, and transporting the nonwoven web through at least one infrared solvent stripping station wherein infrared radiation irradiates the nonwoven web in the absence of a solvent stripping fluid impinging on the nonwoven web in order to reduce the solvent concentration of the fibers to less than about 10,000 ppmw.
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