Process for treating wash water from the manufacture of terephthalic acid

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4540493
SERIAL NO

06556338

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

See full text

A process for treating wash water from the manufacture of terephthalic acid, wherein the wash water includes terephthalic acid, metal catalyst, and organic acid byproducts. The process includes the steps of passing the wash water through a filter medium to remove undissolved terephthalic acid solids, passing the filtered water through a cation exchange resin in hydrogen ion form to remove the metal catalysts, and passing the water through an anion exchange resin to remove dissolved terephthalic acid and dissolved organic acid byproducts. The treated water and certain components removed from the wash water are recovered and reused in the manufacture of additional terephthalic acid. An apparatus in which the process is practiced is also described and, after a quantity of wash water has been treated, the apparatus is regenerated with regenerants that are also recovered and reused in the manufacture of additional terephthalic acid.

Loading the Abstract Image... loading....

First Claim

See full text

Family

Loading Family data... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddress
ECOLOCHEM INC4545 PATENT ROAD P O BOX 12775 NORFOLK VA 23502

International Classification(s)

  • [Classification Symbol]
  • [Patents Count]

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dickerson, Richard C Virginia Beach, VA 9 203
Miller, William S Virginia Beach, VA 30 636

Cited Art Landscape

Load Citation

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cite Landscape

Load Citation