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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4287026 | Desalinization method A method and apparatus for desalinization of salt water to render it potable, wherein the salt water at ambient temperatures is forced through multi-stages at high centrifugal velocities, generating heat to vaporize the water to water vapor, and separatin... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4277316 | Solvent extraction process Solvents are separated from solvent bearing material by feeding the material to the open end of a reactor vessel rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis. The vessel has internal vanes operable to move the material from the open end towards the clo... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4269663 | Water distiller The portable water distiller is constructed to distill water placed within a housing and to dispense it directly into a separate storage vessel or to a distilled water space in the housing. In the latter case, the distillers are provided with a flexible i... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4257852 | Distillation of aqueous tertiary butyl hydroperoxide Hazards are dealt with by appropriate placement of high heat capacity flame arrestor packings at suitable zones in the flow of the process streams comprising vapors of flammable mixture containing water and more than 10 mol % tertiary butyl hydroperoxide ... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4230531 | Wind powered solar still Apparatus comprising a solar still and a wind powered generator. Sea water is preheated in a condenser and is supplied to the still where it is heated further either by solar radiation, or by a heated pipe containing brine, or both. The still supplies war... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4208298 | Process for treating radioactive liquid waste In a process for treating radioactive liquid waste having an evaporation concentration device, including a concentration vessel, and a steam heater having steam inlet and outlet lines and operating to heat, with heating steam, radioactive liquid waste in ... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4201631 | Method for controlling the flow through a distillation apparatus and a device for carrying out the method A method and a device for controlling the flow through a distillation apparatus for separating components of a mixture, particularly a dissolved substance, such as an oil, a wax, a polishing agent or alike, from a liquid mixture, particlularly containing ... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4134797 | Process for recovery of ethylene oxide containing low levels of aldehydic impurities A process for the recovery of ethylene oxide containing low levels of aldehydic impurities from an impure aqueous ethylene oxide solution containing the same is provided in which the impure solution is treated in a novel multi-stage, countercurrent distil... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4131742 | Cobalt-catalyzed oxidation of hydrocarbons A process for the liquid phase oxidation of hydrocarbons with a molecular oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a dissolved cobalt salt catalyst characterized in that the oxidation is carried out in the substantial absence of chromium in the reaction m... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4131741 | Cobalt-catalyzed oxidation of C3 to C7 saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons to oxygenated products In a process for the production of oxygenated organic compounds including a substantial proportion of acetic acid by oxidizing a C3 to C7 saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon in the liquid phase with molecular oxygen in the presence of an... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4120756 | Method for purifying a liquid by pressure distillation A method for purifying a liquid by vacuum-induced vaporization of the impure liquid into a vapor in a first enclosure and subsequent pressure-induced condensation of the vapor into a relatively pure liquid in a second enclosure. A conduit interconnecting ... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4115460 | Method for producing hexachlorocyclobutene Method for producing hexachlorocyclobutene from hexachlorobutadiene, wherein technical hexachlorobutadiene is rectified at a pressure of 2-10 mm Hg with a reflux ratio of 300-600, and the hexachlorobutadiene remaining in the sump during this procedure, af... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4089892 | Process for the preparation of percarboxylic acid solutions Process for continuous production of substantially anhydrous solutions of percarboxylic acid in solvent. Aqueous hydrogen peroxide is first reacted with the corresponding carboxylic acid in the presence of acid catalyst to form percarboxylic acid and wate... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4088676 | Process for the preparation of organic solutions of percarboxylic acids A process for the continuous preparation of organic solutions of percarboxylic acids by reaction of an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide with the corresponding carboxylic acid in the presence of an acid, water-soluble catalyst which boils above 160° ... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4086267 | Cobalt-catalyzed oxidation of C3 to C7 saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons to oxygenated products including acetic acid A process for the production of oxygenated organic compounds including a substantial proportion of acetic acid by oxidizing a C3 to C7 saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon in the liquid phase with molecular oxygen in the presence of an in... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4070408 | Aromatics extraction and distillation process An improved aromatics extraction process is disclosed. Key feature of the present invention is use of the fractionator in the hydrodealkylation unit or other unit with a benzene fraction to fractionate not only hydrodealkylated benzene but also extracted ... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4036905 | Process for the manufacture of propylene oxide In the epoxidation of propylene with tertiary butyl hydroperoxide to form propylene oxide, a by-product, tertiary butyl alcohol is formed. This alcohol can be dehydrated to form isobutylene which can be sold as a product or hydrogenated, followed by oxida... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4024027 | Fractionation heat balance control system Heat balance of a fractionation column is maintained through the utilization of differential temperature sensors located at selected points in the height of the column. Signals representative of three delta-T's are employed in regulating the quantity of r... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4014751 | Vapor generating and recovering apparatus A vapor generating and recovering apparatus for separating one component from a second component of a liquid solution and recovering the first component including at least one chamber for generating vapor from the liquid solution and recovering the vapor ... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4013521 | Process for purifying methanol by distillation Impure methanol containing ethanol is substantially freed of ethanol by distilling a mixture consisting essentially of the impure methanol, ethanol and water with the aid of a distillation column in a region of which the methanol to water ratio is maintai... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4008131 | Purification of acetic acid A method is provided for removal of excess water which tends to build up in recycle streams and reduces the rate of pure acid production during operation of a distillation system for purification of crude acetic acid containing water and methyl iodide. Th... | 02/15/1977 |
| 3994986 | Method of producing cyclopentene A method of producing cyclopentene comprising the steps of depolymerizing dicyclopentadiene to produce raw cyclopentadiene; feeding the raw cyclopentadiene to a distillation tower having an upper part cooled to a temperature near the boiling point of the ... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3989762 | Process for the manufacture of alcohols by the hydration of olefins In the process of production of alcohol by hydration of olefin by reacting water and olefin in a reaction zone, for conversion of the olefin to the alcohol, wherein following the hydration unreacted olefin is separated from the effluent from the reaction ... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3983010 | Recovery of the formic acid/water azeotrope by distillation Formic acid is isolated from mixtures containing formic acid, methyl formate, methanol and water by fractional distillation, the mixture being fed into the upper half of the distillation column and 5 to 15 theoretical plates being maintained above the fee... | 09/28/1976 |
