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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
May. 23, 2005
Michael Paul Ekart, Kingsport, TN (US);
Andrew S. Hudson, White Oak, TX (US);
Raymond Isaac, Gray, TN (US);
Luciano Dalmacio Samitier, Kingsport, TN (US);
Michael Paul Ekart, Kingsport, TN (US);
Andrew S. Hudson, White Oak, TX (US);
Raymond Isaac, Gray, TN (US);
Luciano Dalmacio Samitier, Kingsport, TN (US);
Grupo Petrotemex, S.A. de C.V., San Pedro Garza Garcia, MX;
Abstract
A process for feeding a slurry of thermoplastic synthetic polymer particles such as polyethylene terephthalate homopolymers and copolymers in combination with a liquid such as water at a liquid temperature greater than the normal boiling point of the liquid, under a pressure greater than the vapor pressure of the liquid at the liquid temperature, into a separation zone such as a centrifugal dryer, and within the separation zone: