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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2017
Bp Corporation North America Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Thomas Bartos, Arden, NC (US);
Allen Nelson, Houston, TX (US);
Anders Larsen-Bitsch, Wheaton, IL (US);
BP Corporation North America Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Processes for manufacturing a purified aromatic carboxylic acid include contacting crude aromatic carboxylic acid with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst in a hydrogenation reactor to form a purified aromatic carboxylic acid; separating vapor effluent from the purified aromatic carboxylic acid; scrubbing the vapor effluent to form a scrubber effluent; treating the scrubber effluent vapor to form a gaseous treated scrubber effluent and a liquid treated scrubber effluent; and removing at least a portion of organic impurities from the liquid treated scrubber effluent.