DRYING AND HEATING OF POLYAMIDE GRANULES

    公开(公告)号:ZA905453B

    公开(公告)日:1992-03-25

    申请号:ZA905453

    申请日:1990-07-12

    Applicant: BASF AG

    Abstract: Polyamide granules are dried and heated by feeding a suspension of granules in water into a sieve (1), where the bulk of the water is removed, and then into a tower dryer (10), where they are deposited in bed form and then freed of the remaining water while moving in plug flow under the force of gravity with a counter-current inert gas stream at from 70 DEG to 200 DEG C. The tower dryer possesses an inlet at the top (11) and outlet at the bottom (34) for the granules and also feed lines (20, 22, 31) for the inert gas. To achieve a uniform degree of drying of the granules, the inert gas is divided on entry into the tower dryer at a point between the drying zone and the heating zone into a stream which flows radially inward into the bed of granules on the one hand and a stream which flows radially inward and outward on the other. In this way the inert gas is distributed particularly uniformly and the granules are dryable in a very short drying zone down to a water content of 0.0001 kg of water/kg of polymer. The lower, conically tapered area of the tower dryer-bin 30-ensures a uniform rate of descent of the granules and hence a uniform solid-phase condensation with a favorable molecular weight distribution. The tower dryer (10) is followed by a fluidized bed cooler (41) in which the granules are cooled with air to

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    公开(公告)号:DE10130670A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-01-23

    申请号:DE10130670

    申请日:2001-06-28

    Applicant: BASF AG

    Abstract: The invention relates to the implementation of heterogeneous catalytic reactions in a moving-bed reactor. Expansion volumes for the catalyst are provided in the defining walls of the catalyst bed, said volumes being easily created by means of at least two graduated conical-or polygonal-frustrum-shaped walls. Said implementation reduces the catalyst abrasion and avoids damaging the catalyst screens.

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