POLYMER DEVOLATILIZER INCORPORATING IMPROVED FLAT PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER DESIGN

An improved polymer devolatilization apparatus comprising a flat plate heater (22) comprising a polymer solution supply means (20), and a liquid/vapor collection and separation means, said flat plate heater further comprising a multiplicity of flat plates defining a plurality of channels (10), each...

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Hauptverfasser:	MEISTER, BERNARD J, CUMMINGS, CLARK J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	BLASTING CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OFGENERAL APPLICATION HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS,IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT HEATING LIGHTING MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING METALLURGY ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL SEPARATION THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP TRANSPORTING WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	An improved polymer devolatilization apparatus comprising a flat plate heater (22) comprising a polymer solution supply means (20), and a liquid/vapor collection and separation means, said flat plate heater further comprising a multiplicity of flat plates defining a plurality of channels (10), each channel having a substantially uniform height, but varying width over the total channel length, each channel comprising three zones: a first zone (12), having a beginning (18) and a terminus, said beginning in operative communication with the polymer solution supply means characterized by decreasing width as a function of distance from its beginning, a second zone (14) having a beginning at the terminus of the first zone and a terminus, characterized by at least one occurrence of a restrictive cross-sectional area, and a third zone (16) having a beginning at the terminus of the second zone and terminating at a liquid/vapor collection and separation region operating at reduced pressure, said third zone characterized by increasing width as a function of distance from its beginning, and provided further that the ratio of maximum width of the third zone to the maximum width of the second zone is from 2:1 to 20:1.