Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series – Organic compounds – Unsubstituted hydrocarbyl chain between the ring and the -c-...
Patent
1998-05-21
1999-07-27
Raymond, Richard L.
Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
Organic compounds
Unsubstituted hydrocarbyl chain between the ring and the -c-...
C07D20112
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active
059292342
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an efficient process for the recovery of caprolactam from polycaprolactam-containing waste material. The present process for depolymerizing multi-component waste material comprising polycaprolactam and non-polycaprolactam components to form caprolactam comprises the step of: in the absence of added catalyst, contacting the multi-component waste material with superheated steam at a temperature of about 250.degree. C. to about 400.degree. C. and at a pressure within the range of about 1 atm to about 100 atm and substantially less than the saturated vapor pressure of water at the temperature wherein a caprolactam-containing vapor stream is formed. The formed caprolactam may then be used in the production of engineered resins and fibers.
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Hendrix Jan Agnes Jozef
Levy Alan Bart
Sifniades Stylianos
Allied-Signal Inc.
Andrews Virginia S.
Brown Melanie L.
Criss Roger H.
DSM N.V.
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