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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Petrus Franciscus Van Grinsven, Amsterdam, NL;
Gijsbert Jan Van Heeringen, Amsterdam, NL;
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
95179 ; 95193 ; 95209 ; 203 42 ; 203 72 ;
Abstract
A process for the purification of an aqueous alkanolamine which process involves subjecting the alkanolamine to a distillation process carried out in one or more film-type evaporators and involves at least two steps, wherein in the first step water is removed from the aqueous alkanolamine and in the second step the de-watered alkanolamine is further purified.