Dow Global Technolgoies LLC

Mark R Smit

Edward D Daugs

Raymond M Collins

Mahesh R Sawant

A process comprising contacting deionized water with one or more Strecker sulfonation reaction products of one or more halogenated alkyl ethers in the presence of sulfite, wherein the one or more Strecker sulfonation reaction products each comprise one or more inorganic salts on a dry basis and one or more surfactant components, form a filtration mixture; loading the filtration mixture into a high pressure filtration system containing a membrane having a membrane molecular weight cutoff allowing preferential passage of the inorganic salts, for example, of greater than or equal to 200 Daltons; wherein the high pressure filtration system is operated at a pressure greater than ambient pressure and is configured to cause crossflow of the filtration mixture along a surface of the membrane resulting in a permeate solution which substantially passes through the membrane and a retentate solution which substantially does not pass through the membrane; wherein the permeate comprises less than or equal to 15 weight percent surfactant component, based on the weight of the filtration mixture is provided.

Process for reducing inorganics from anionic surfactant solutions

Disclosed are a process and an apparatus for using an olefin as an azeotropic entrainer to isolate a target organic compound from a waste stream. The olefin may be, for example, 1-decene, 1-dodecene, or 1-tetradecene. The target organic compound may be 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol in waste stream comprising a 2,2'-oxybis(1-chloropropane).

Apparatus and process for using olefin as an azeotropic entrainer for isolating 1,3-DICHLORO-2-propanol from a 2,2'-oxybis (1-chloropropane) waste stream

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