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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1977
Ovidiu Dicoi, Offenbach, DE;
Erwin Doerr, Markt Schwaben, DE;
Zimmer Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt, DE;
Abstract
A process for the continuous recovery of caprolactam from either solid polycaprolactam waste by depolymerization or from liquid polycaprolactam extraction water from an extraction zone where, in either instance, a caprolactam water vapor mixture is produced and subsequently upgraded in a distillation zone to provide a dilute mixture of caprolactam and water vapor. A minor portion of this dilute caprolactam water vapor is condensed and recycled to the distillation zone. The remaining, major portion of this mixture is compressed and admixed with fresh steam, superheated and passed to either the extraction zone or depolymerization reaction.