Solvay Sa

Solvay

Denis Geets

Eric Fassiau

Jean-Christophe Lepers

Jean-Raphael Caille

Process for recovering a polymer by injection of steam, and optionally liquid water, into a solution of this polymer comprising a polar aprotic organic solvent (PAOS) that has an azeotrope with water and an apolar organic compound that is miscible with the PAOS and immiscible with water and that acts as a phase separation agent (PSA), the boiling point of which is below that of the water/PAOS azeotrope, the amount of steam injected being sufficient to give rise to the substantial removal of the PSA via stripping and that of the PAOS via azeotropic distillation, and the total amount of water being sufficient to give rise to the precipitation of the polymer, this process being characterized in that the polymer solution also comprises an alcohol, at least during the precipitation of the polymer.

Process for recovering a polymer from a solution

Process for recovering at least one polymer in solution in a solvent by precipitation by means of a non-solvent introduced gradually into the solution to form the precipitation medium, whereby:

Method for obtaining a polymer in a solution

Process for recovering at least one polymer in solution in a solvent by precipitation by means of a non-solvent fluid, whereby the precipitation takes place in a precipitation medium comprising two dispersants of which one [dispersant(I)] has a greater affinity for the non-solvent and the other [dispersant (II)] has a greater affinity for the solvent.

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