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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2014
Dow Global Technologies Llc, Midland, MI (US);
Bruce S. Holden, Midland, MI (US);
John W. Wilchek, Jr., Destrehan, LA (US);
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a fouling-resistant system for the manufacture of a compound by distillation, the system including a reactant heating zone; a distillation column in fluid communication with the reactant heating zone wherein the distillation column comprises a plurality of distillation trays for removing by-products from the reactants, and wherein at least 20% of the plurality of distillation trays are baffle trays arranged in a staggered configuration; where each tray contacts an opposing portion of an inner wall of the distillation column from a portion contacted by a tray located above the tray and below the tray; and wherein the baffle trays are disposed in a lower portion of the distillation column.