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- Patent Title: Process for recovering acetonitrile from acrylonitrile waste streams
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Application No.: US16682167Application Date: 2019-11-13
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Publication No.: US11111209B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Basil Michael , Carl Alexander Diaz , Billy Nelson , Kyle Kissell
- Applicant: Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Cozen O'Connor
- Main IPC: C07C253/34
- IPC: C07C253/34

Abstract:
A process for producing a high-purity acetonitrile product from a low-purity acetonitrile feedstock streams. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a process for producing a sales-grade, high purity acetonitrile by (a) distilling the feedstock stream in a to yield a crude acetonitrile stream, (b) treating the crude acetonitrile stream to produce an intermediate acetonitrile stream, (c) purifying the intermediate acetonitrile stream in a pressure swing distillation system to produce a recycle stream and an acetonitrile product stream, (d) recycling the recycle stream to the first distillation column, and (e) distilling the acetonitrile product stream to yield a purified acetonitrile product stream of at least 98 wt. % acetonitrile.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200157044A1 PROCESS FOR RECOVERING ACETONITRILE FROM ACRYLONITRILE WASTE STREAMS Public/Granted day:2020-05-21
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