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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:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Dan D. Lindsey, Houston, TX (US);
Karl P. Rufener, Drexel Hill, PA (US);
Inventors:
Dan D. Lindsey, Houston, TX (US);
Karl P. Rufener, Drexel Hill, PA (US);
Assignee:
Lyondell Chemical Technology, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 11/00 (2006.01); C07C 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In the co-production of propylene oxide and styrene monomer, there is produced a sodium-containing heavy residue stream previously suitable only as a low grade fuel. In accordance with the invention, the heavy residue stream is mixed with a hydrocarbon and an aqueous acid, and the resulting mixture is separated into an aqueous sodium salt-containing slurry phase and an organic phase reduced in sodium.