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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2015
Covestro Deutschland Ag, Leverkusen, DE;
Jörg Hofmann, Krefeld, DE;
Stefanie Braun, Köln, DE;
Kai Laemmerhold, Aachen, DE;
Matthias Wohak, Dormagen, DE;
Cyrus Ahmadzade-Youssefi, Köln, DE;
Jürgen Bausa, Kürten, DE;
COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG, Leverkusen, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a purifying apparatus for polycarbonate polyols, especially for removal of cyclic alkylene carbonates, comprising an evaporation unit () provided with a heater () and having an inlet () disposed at the top end thereof and a bottoms vessel (), and a stripping column () connected downstream of the evaporation unit () and having a top () and a bottom (), wherein a feed () for the polycarbonate polyol to be purified opens into the inlet () to the evaporation unit () and a gas outlet line () and a connecting line which opens into the top () of the stripping column () and is equipped with a pump () depart from the evaporation unit (), and wherein a gas inlet line () for an inert gas opens into the bottom () of the stripping column () and a product line () for the purified polycarbonate polyol departs from the bottom () of the stripping column () and a gas outlet line () departs from the top () of the stripping column (). The invention additionally relates to a process for purifying polycarbonate polyols with such a purifying apparatus.