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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2005
Richard J. Degroot, Southfield, MI (US);
Dov Shellef, Great Neck, NY (US);
Richard J. DeGroot, Southfield, MI (US);
Dov Shellef, Great Neck, NY (US);
Poly Systems USA, Inc., Great Neck, NY (US);
Abstract
A batch process for co-producing anhydrous hydrogen bromide and a purified bisulfate salt comprising: (a) charging a batch reactor with a bromide salt slurry, wherein the slurry is more than 50% by weight bromide salt; (b) reacting the slurry with sulfuric acid in a batch reaction wherein bromide salt is consumed to produce crude aqueous hydrogen bromide and crude bisulfate salt, the crude bisulfate salt containing bromine; (c) prior to or concurrently with step (b) adding hydrogen bromide to the reactor; (d) purifying the crude hydrogen bromide to produce anhydrous hydrogen bromide; and (e) removing bromine from the crude bisulfate salt to form a purified bisulfate salt.