The Dow Chemical Company

Harold B Martin, Jr

Stephen A Noding

Carl P Strange

Albert C Tsang

Wayne A Turner

John G Pendergast

In a direct-oxidation ethylene oxide process of the type comprising a) reacting a feed gas stream including ethylene and a commercially-pure oxygen in one or more reactors and b) absorbing out ethylene oxide from the product stream from the one or more reactors in a first absorption zone, the improvement comprising recovering unreacted ethylene from an ethylene-rich argon purge gas stream via an absorber and a stripper in combination, recycling the recovered ethylene to the feed gas stream, and purging an ethylene-lean argon purge gas stream.

Ethylene recovery in direct-oxidation ethylene oxide processes

Non-gelling cellulose ethers are purified by mixing same with a dialdehyde under acidic conditions and under high agitation, forming a slurry of the treated cellulose ether, rapidly transferring the slurry to a filter and then dewatering said slurry.

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Plaquemine, LA, United States of America

Harold B Martin, Jr