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US2745823A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Control of temperature in emulsion polymerization

Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Co
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Filing: 1951-12-04
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Granted: 1956-05-15
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Expires: 1971-12-04
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 William C Hewitt

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 17:31
CPC Classifications
F; F28; F28D; F28D7/00; F28D7/06; B; B01; B01F; B01F35/00; B01F35/90; B01J; B01J19/00; B01J19/0006; B01J19/0013; B01J19/18; C; C08; C08F; C08F36/00; C08F36/02; C08F36/04; F28D1/00; F28D1/06; B01J2219/00; B01J2219/00049; B01J2219/00051; B01J2219/00074; B01J2219/00076; B01J2219/00078; B01J2219/00087; B01J2219/00094; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S526/00; Y10S526/911

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 164 words
THE METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF POLYMERIZATION OF A MONOMERIC MATERIAL COMPRISING A CONJUGATED DIENE WHICH COMPRISES CHARGING A STREAM OF SAID MONOMERIC MATERIAL TO A SMOOTH-WALLED REACTION ZONE, CHARGING WATER, AN EMULSIFIER, AN OXIDATION AND AN ACTIVATOR TO SAID ZONE TO PROVIDE AN AQUEOUS EMULSION THEREIN, CIRCULATING A COOLING MEDIUM IN A PLURALITY OF SEPARATELY SPACED ELONGATED CONFINED PATHS BOUNDED BY WALLS OF HEAT TRANSFER MATERIAL LOCATED WITHIN SAID REACTION ZONE ADJACENT THE INNER WALL THEREOF TO REMOVE AN ADDITIONAL PORTION OF SAID HEAT OF REACTION, SUCH PATHS EXTENDING PRINCIPALLY IN A VERTICAL DIRECTION, STIRRING SAID EMULSION TO PRODUCE A WHIRLING MOVEMENT THEREOF ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS OF SAID ZONE WITH INCREASING VELOCITY OF MOVEMENT PROCEEDING FROM SAID AXIS TOWARD THE WALLS OF THE REACTION ZONE, SAID VELOCITY BEING SUFFICIENT TO SWEEP AWAY PARTICLES OF POLYMERIC MATERIAL DEPOSITED ON THE WALLS DEFINING SAID CONFINED PATHS AND THUS TO PREVENT FOULING OF SAID WALLS, AND WITHDRAWING A POLYMERIZED PRODUCT FROM SAID REACTION ZONE.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 164 words
THE METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF POLYMERIZATION OF A MONOMERIC MATERIAL COMPRISING A CONJUGATED DIENE WHICH COMPRISES CHARGING A STREAM OF SAID MONOMERIC MATERIAL TO A SMOOTH-WALLED REACTION ZONE, CHARGING WATER, AN EMULSIFIER, AN OXIDATION AND AN ACTIVATOR TO SAID ZONE TO PROVIDE AN AQUEOUS EMULSION THEREIN, CIRCULATING A COOLING MEDIUM IN A PLURALITY OF SEPARATELY SPACED ELONGATED CONFINED PATHS BOUNDED BY WALLS OF HEAT TRANSFER MATERIAL LOCATED WITHIN SAID REACTION ZONE ADJACENT THE INNER WALL THEREOF TO REMOVE AN ADDITIONAL PORTION OF SAID HEAT OF REACTION, SUCH PATHS EXTENDING PRINCIPALLY IN A VERTICAL DIRECTION, STIRRING SAID EMULSION TO PRODUCE A WHIRLING MOVEMENT THEREOF ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS OF SAID ZONE WITH INCREASING VELOCITY OF MOVEMENT PROCEEDING FROM SAID AXIS TOWARD THE WALLS OF THE REACTION ZONE, SAID VELOCITY BEING SUFFICIENT TO SWEEP AWAY PARTICLES OF POLYMERIC MATERIAL DEPOSITED ON THE WALLS DEFINING SAID CONFINED PATHS AND THUS TO PREVENT FOULING OF SAID WALLS, AND WITHDRAWING A POLYMERIZED PRODUCT FROM SAID REACTION ZONE.

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