Process for pneumatic conveying of water-absorbing polymer particles

US8651773B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Rüdiger Funk · Niedernhausen, DE
• Hermann Josef Feise · Kleinniedesheim, DE
• Hanno Rüdiger Wolf · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 6, 2007
• Grant date: Feb 18, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 27, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2201/042
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A process for pneumatic delivery of water-absorbing polymer particles, the initial gas rate in the delivery being from 1 to 6 m/s and the delivery material loading being from 1 to 100 kg/kg.