E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Gene Parrish

Daniel Albert Green

Robert E Trotter

John Harvey Eng

Gary J Wilson

Emily A Blum

Carl J Giardino

This invention relates to a continuous process for production of poly(trimethylene terephthalate), wherein gaseous 1,3-propanediol by product resulting from the process is condensed in a condenser, and a portion of the condensed by-product is recycled back into the process.

Continuous process for producing poly(trimethylene terephthalate)

This invention relates to a continuous process for production of poly(trimethylene terephthalate), wherein gaseous 1,3-propanediol by-product resulting from the process is condensed in a condenser, the total amount of any trimethylene terephthalate cyclic dimer and poly(trimethylene terephthalate) in the condensed by-product 1,3-propanediol is adjusted, and a portion of the condensed by-product is recycled to the condenser while another portion is recycled back into the process.

Continuous manufacture of poly(trimethylene terephthalate)

This invention relates to a continuous process for production of poly(trimethylene terephthalate), wherein gaseous 1,3-propanediol by product resulting from the process is condensed in a condenser, and a portion of the condensed by-product is recycled to the condenser while anther portion is recycled back into the process.

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