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Water-absorbent polymer particles

US9073040B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Rainer Dobrawa · Stuttgart, DE
Thomas Daniel · Waldsee, DE
Uwe Stueven · Bad Soden, DE
Marco Krüger · Mannheim, DE
Francisco Javier Lopez Villanueva · Schifferstadt, DE
Norbert Herfert · Charlotte, US
Karin Flore · Monsheim, DE
Stefan Blei · Mannheim, DE
Michael A. Mitchell · Fort Mill, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 25, 2013
Grant date	Jul 7, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 25, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/31935
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for producing water-absorbent polymer particles by polymerizing droplets of a monomer solution in a surrounding heated gas phase and flowing the gas cocurrent through the polymerization chamber, wherein the temperature of the gas leaving the polymerization chamber is 130° C. or less, the gas velocity inside the polymerization chamber is at least 0.5 m/s, and the droplets are generated by using a droplet plate having a multitude of bores.

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