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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Karl Reuter, Freiburg, DE;
Inventor:
Karl Reuter, Freiburg, DE;
Assignee:
Reuter Chemische Apparatebau KG [DE/DE], Freiburg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D009/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for purifying substances through emulsion crystallisation is described, whereby (a) an emulsion of organic liquid droplets in a continuous water phase containing the impure substance is formed; (b) the emulsion is super-saturated in the substance; (c) crystallisation of the substance in the water phase is induced; (d) the crystals of the substance are isolated from the from emulsion, yielding an emulsion-filtrate; (e) additional impure substance is dissolved in the emulsion-filtrate; and (f) steps (b)-(d) are repeated with the emulsion obtained from step (e).