Process for recovering crude tall oil

    公开(公告)号:US10041020B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-07

    申请号:US15510884

    申请日:2015-09-12

    Abstract: A process and apparatus for recovering crude tall oil are disclosed. Acidulation of a crude tall oil soap stream generates a spent acid stream that comprises lignin and entrained crude tall oil. By subjecting the spent acid stream to dissolved gas flotation, a lignin phase comprising entrained crude tall oil can be recovered and causticized, resulting in recovery of most of the crude tall oil that was present in the spent acid stream. A clarified spent acid stream is also generated, which can be treated with caustic and utilized for a soap washing process that integrates easily into the overall CTO recovery process. The apparatus comprises a crude tall oil acidulation unit, a dissolved gas flotation unit, a causticizing unit, and a soap separation unit. The inventive process marries dissolved gas flotation, a well-known water treatment process, with causticization of a recovered lignin phase, a step known from batch acidulation, to improve overall tall oil recovery from a continuous process.

    Rosin esters and compositions thereof

    公开(公告)号:US09940852B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-10

    申请号:US15025095

    申请日:2014-09-26

    CPC classification number: G09F1/04 C08K5/01 C08L93/04 C09F1/04

    Abstract: Rosin esters are provided. The rosin esters can exhibit improved color (e.g., the rosin ester can have a neat Gardner color of 8.5 or less), improved oxidative stability (e.g., when 1000 ppm or less of an antioxidant is present in combination with the rosin ester, the rosin ester can exhibit an oxidative-induction time at 130° C. of at least 75 minutes), improved color stability (e.g., the rosin ester can exhibit less than a 10% change in neat Gardner color when heated to a temperature of 160° C. for a period of three hours), or combinations thereof. Also provided polymeric compositions comprising the rosin esters, as well as methods of making the rosin esters.

    Collector Compositions and Methods of Using Thereof

    公开(公告)号:US20170128955A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-11

    申请号:US15291741

    申请日:2016-10-12

    Abstract: A collector composition comprising (a) refined tall oil wherein the refined tall oil is any tall oil that has been subjected to one or more refining or processing steps that results in an increase in acid value; and (b) a fatty acid wherein the refined tall oil has an acid value of at least 90 mg KOH/g and a weight average molecular weight of at least 750 g/mol. A mineral slurry comprising (a) an ore comprising a mineral of interest; (b) a collector composition comprising (i) a refined tall oil; and (ii) a fatty acid; and (c) a liquid. A method for the beneficiation of an ore, the method comprising (a) preparing a slurry comprising the ore dispersed in a liquid; (b) contacting the slurry with a collector composition comprising a refined tall oil; and (c) recovering a beneficiated ore.

    Rosin Esters and Compositions Thereof
    7.
    发明申请
    Rosin Esters and Compositions Thereof 有权
    松香酯及其组合物

    公开(公告)号:US20160264821A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-15

    申请号:US15025081

    申请日:2014-09-26

    Abstract: Rosin esters are provided. The rosin esters can exhibit improved color (e.g., the rosin ester can have a neat Gardner color of 4 or less), improved oxidative stability (e.g., when 1000 ppm or less of an antioxidant is present in combination with the rosin ester, the rosin ester can exhibit an oxidative-induction time at 130° C. of at least 30 minutes), improved color stability (e.g., the rosin ester can retain a neat Gardner color of 5 or less when heated to a temperature of 160° C. for a period of three hours), or combinations thereof. Also provided polymeric compositions comprising the rosin esters, as well as methods of making the rosin esters.

    Abstract translation: 提供松香酯。 松香酯可以表现出改善的颜色(例如,松香酯可以具有4或更低的纯Gardner颜色),改进的氧化稳定性(例如当与松香酯组合存在1000ppm或更少的抗氧化剂时,松香 酯可以在130℃下表现出至少30分钟的氧化诱导时间),改善的颜色稳定性(例如,当加热至160℃的温度时,松香酯可以保持5或更小的纯Gardner颜色, 三个小时的时间)或其组合。 还提供了包含松香酯的聚合物组合物,以及制备松香酯的方法。

    Methods of Making Rosin Esters
    8.
    发明申请
    Methods of Making Rosin Esters 审中-公开
    制作松香酯的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160237313A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-18

    申请号:US15025099

    申请日:2014-09-26

    CPC classification number: C09F1/02 B01D15/00 C08L93/04 C09F1/04

    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of making rosin esters. The methods can involve contacting a rosin ester with a microporous adsorbent. Treatment with a microporous adsorbent, such as an activated carbon, can improve the color of the rosin ester (e.g., reduce the neat Gardner color of the rosin ester by at least 1 Gardner color unit), reduce the concentration of sulfur in the rosin ester (e.g., reduce the concentration of sulfur in the rosin ester by at least 50 ppm), or combinations thereof. Rosin esters prepared by the methods described herein, as well as methods of using thereof, are also described.

    Abstract translation: 本文提供了制备松香酯的方法。 所述方法可以包括使松香酯与微孔吸附剂接触。 用微孔吸附剂如活性炭处理可以改善松香酯的颜色(例如,将松香酯的纯加德纳颜色降低至少1加德纳颜色单位),降低松香酯中硫的浓度 (例如,将松香酯中的硫的浓度降低至少50ppm)或其组合。 还描述了通过本文所述方法制备的松香酯酯,以及其使用方法。

    Compositions containing rosin esters and ethylene polymers

    公开(公告)号:US10344164B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-09

    申请号:US15561395

    申请日:2016-03-24

    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions which include an ethylene polymer derived from at least one polar monomer with one or more ester groups, which polymerize with ethylene, (e.g., a copolymer, or low molecular weight copolymer having a relatively high melt index, derived from ethylene and vinyl acetate and/or a copolymer, or low molecular weight copolymer having a relatively high melt index, derived from ethylene and «-buty! acrylate) and a rosin ester. The rosin ester can have a low hydroxy! number (e.g., a hydroxy! number six or five or less), a low acid number (e.g., an acid number of ten or less), a relatively low PAN number (e.g., a PAN number less than twenty-two or in between eight and twenty), a relatively high third moment or third power average molecular weight (Mz), (e.g., an Mz value in between 2500 and 12000 g/mol), a low sulfur content (e.g., a sulfur content lower than 600 ppm prior to antioxidant addition) or combinations thereof. The compositions can exhibit a high heat stress resistance (e.g., a heat stress pass temperature value higher than 52° C. or in between 48° C. and 60° C.) and/or improved viscosity stability and/or color stability upon thermal aging and/or improved compatibility.

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