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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Richard Gill Bonner, Kingsport, TN (US);
A Bob Debenport, Columbia, SC (US);
Inventors:
Richard Gill Bonner, Kingsport, TN (US);
A Bob Debenport, Columbia, SC (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Energy savings are realized during the commercial production of polyethylene terephthalate by partially cooling polyethylene terephthalate pellets exiting a solid stating reactor by contact with water, and using the residual heat stored in the pellets to vaporize associated water to form dry pellets.