Mpr Services, Inc.

Arthur Lee Cummings

John Charles Dingman, Jr

Steven H Coberly

Scott William Waite

Michael L H Turoff

Robert Lee Horan

Thomas H Laven

There is provided a regeneration process for converting oxazolidones such as hydroxypropyloxazolidone (HPOZD) to alkanolamines such as di-isopropanolamine (DIPA) and CO. An amine stream containing HPOZD joins a stream that includes a caustic solution. The combined stream is passed to a tank where the caustic reacts with HPOZD to convert it to DIPA and CO. The conversion of HPOZD to DIPA and COrequires a ratio of at least 2 moles of hydroxide for each mole of HPOZD in the solution. The conversion reaction is carried out in a reaction vessel at a temperature above 60&#xb0; C. The reaction mixture is held in a feed tank for approximately 2 hours while being constantly mixed. After the reaction is completed, the mixture is allowed to settle which results in the virtually complete separation of the amine phase (containing DIPA, and water) from the caustic phase. After an appropriate settling interval, a portion of the caustic phase is drawn from the reaction mixture as a waste/neutralization stream while the other portion of the caustic phase and a very small portion of the amine phase may be sent to a recycle tank for use in subsequent reaction steps. The majority of the amine phase is treated using ion exchange resins to remove excess cations from the amine and clean amine is returned to the amine system.

Process for improving the conversion of oxazolidones to alkanolamines

There is provided a process for removing hydrocarbons from hydrophilic solutions in which the adsorbent is regenerated in situ. A solution containing at least one hydrocarbon impurity is passed through a resin bed and the hydrocarbon is retained by the resin. The solution passes from the resin bed substantially reduced of hydrocarbons. The filtration bed containing the resin is regenerated in situ by passing a second liquid therethrough such that the hydrocarbon is removed in the second liquid stream and the resin is available for reuse.

Regenerable hydrocarbon filter

There is provided a process for treating a process gas or liquid to remove acid gases which includes treating a relatively lean amine gas scrubbing solution to further reduce the acid gas content of at least a portion of that lean amine gas scrubbing solution such that it becomes an ultra-lean amine solution (one substantially free of acid gas) and the beneficial use of the ultra-lean amine solution to obtain further reductions in the acid gas contents of specific gas or liquid process streams not possible with lean amine solutions having higher residual acid gas loadings. In another aspect of this invention there is provided a process for producing the ultra-lean amine.

Process for treating gas with ultra-lean amine

A process for removing thiocyanate and other anions from Type II strong base anion exchange resins with an alkali metal hydroxide is disclosed. The process is particularly beneficial to the regeneration and/or reclamation of alkanolamine solutions laden with heat stable salts, especially thiocyanate.

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League City, TX, United States of America

Arthur Lee Cummings