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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2006
Sujit Banerjee, Marietta, GA (US);
Sujit Banerjee, Marietta, GA (US);
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Methods are provided for altering the tack of an adhesive material by contacting the adhesive material with an amount of a cyclodextrin compound effective to reduce the tack of the adhesive material. In a preferred embodiment, the method is for altering the tack of adhesive contaminants in a process fluid, which includes the steps of providing a process fluid in which are dispersed contaminant particles which comprises one or more adhesive materials (such as pitch, pressure sensitive adhesives, hot melts, latexes, binders, and combinations thereof); and adding to the process an amount of a cyclodextrin compound effective to reduce the tack of the adhesive material. The process fluid can be in a process stream in a pulp and paper mill.