Abstract:
A process for recovering monomer from multi-component waste material that includes a hydrolyzable polymer, includes contacting the multi-component waste material with water and subjecting the resulting mixture to heat and pressure to form a liquid aqueous portion and a water insoluble portion. The liquid aqueous portion mainly includes depolymerization products of the hydrolyzable polymer, and the water insoluble portion mainly includes components other than the depolymerization products. This mixture is cooled and the liquid aqueous portion and the water insoluble portion are separated. Monomer that formed the hydrolyzable polymer is recovered from the liquid aqueous solution.
Abstract:
A process for depolymerizing nylon (6) and recovering caprolactam from the depolymerized products by extraction with alkyl phenolic compounds. Process steps include (a) treating a first mixture comprising nylon (6) with water at a temperature between about 200 DEG C and about 400 DEG C to yield a second mixture comprising depolymerized nylon (6) components, wherein the second mixture contains caprolactam at a concentration between about 5 wt.% and about 35 wt.%; (b) optionally, separating insoluble material from the second mixture; (c) extracting the second mixture with an extraction agent to yield an aqueous raffinate third mixture and an organic phase fourth mixture comprising caprolactam and the extraction agent, wherein the extraction agent is an alkyl phenol having a boiling point higher than that of the caprolactam; (d) recovering caprolactam from the organic phase fourth mixture by distillation; (e) recycling the aqueous raffinate third mixture to step (a).
Abstract:
A process is disclosed for simultaneously depolymerizing nylon 6 and 6,6 and reclaiming the monomer values by steam distillation, in the presence of a basic nylon depolymerizing catalyst.
Abstract in simplified Chinese:一种自重排混合物中回收己内酰胺之系统与方法,该系统包含中和单元;用以接收由该中和单元馈入之杂质含量低于标准值之粗酰胺溶液的缓冲单元;用以接收由该中和单元馈入之杂质含量高于标准值之粗酰胺溶液的暂存单元;用以进行批次式萃取并分离出第一酰胺溶液的暂时萃取单元;用以进行连续式萃取并分离出第二酰胺溶液的萃取单元;以及用以回收己内酰胺的回收单元。该系统系先根据粗酰胺溶液之品质分别将粗酰胺溶液馈入萃取单元进行连续式萃取或馈入暂时萃取单元进行批次式萃取,借以维持制程之连续性操作,提高分离效率,减少原物料损耗,同时降低后续纯化步骤之负荷。
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for recovering monomeric units of a nylon from carpet material, said carpet material comprising fibres containing said nylon bound to a backing containing one or more non-nylon components, the carpet material containing between 15 and 35 wt.% of said nylon, which process comprises the steps of: a) mechanically separating the carpet material into an enriched carpet mixture containing between 35 and 55 wt.% of said nylon and into a depleted carpet mixture having a lower content of said nylon than the carpet material; b) exposing the enriched carpet mixture to conditions at which depolymerisation of said nylon is effected.
Abstract:
The invention concerns the preparation of caprolactam by cyclizing 6-aminocapronitrile in the presence of water at high temperature and optionally of a catalyst and a solvent by: a) separating from the reaction yield ('reaction yield I') of the cyclizing process caprolactam and all the components boiling higher than caprolactam ('high boilers'); b) treating the high boilers from step a) with phosphoric acid and/or polyphosphoric acid at a temperature ranging from 200 to 350 °C, obtaining reaction yield II; and c) separating the caprolactam resulting from reaction yield II of step b) and optionally 6-aminocapronitrile from unreacted 'high boilers' and the acid used.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for purifying an impure stream of caprolactam while recovering not only pure caprolactam but also medium-to-high pressure steam. Preferably, the stream of impure or crude caprolactam which comprises at a minimum a substantial portion of water, is obtained from depolymerization of a polyamide-containing composition. The resulting purified caprolactam will have a purity greater than 90 weight percent and the recovered steam will have a temperature sufficiently high to provide a driving force for use with other equipment, for instance, heat exchange equipment.
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of ε-caprolactam starting from 6-aminocaproic acid, 6-aminocaproamide, 6-aminocaproic ester, 6-aminocapronitrile, oligomers or polymers of these compounds or mixtures comprising at least two of these compounds, which process is performed in the presence of N-(5-carboxypentyl)-ε-caprolactam and/or derivative thereof in an amount of less than 50 wt.% and more than 0.1 wt.% (based on the total reaction mixture).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for recovering monomeric units of a nylon from whole carpet comprised of fibres comprised of said nylon and a backing comprised of non-nylon components, which fibres are bound to the backing, the whole carpet containing between 15 and 35 wt.% of said nylon, which process comprises the steps of
a) mechanically separating the whole carpet into a beneficiated carpet mixture which contains between 35 and 55 wt.% of said nylon and into a depleted carpet mixture b) exposing the beneficiated carpet mixture to conditions at which depolymerization of said nylon is effected.