Abstract:
A PROCESS IS DESCRIBED FOR THE RECOVERY OF FERTILIZER GRADE AMMONIUM SALTS IN HIGH YIELDS FROM ACRYLONITRILE WASTE WATER PROCESS STREAMS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC TARS BY THE REMOVAL OF WATER AND VOLATILE ORGANIC MATTER FROM THE WASTE WATER PROCESS STREAMS IN THE PRESENCE OF A WATER MISCIBLE SOLVENT, RECOVERING THE SOLID AMMONIUM SALT FROM THE RESIDUAL AMMONIUM SALT-SOLVENT-TAR MIXTURE AND RECOVERING THE SOLVENT FOR RE-USE.