US Patent Issued to Ineos US Chemicals on March 17 for "Process for recovering oxidation by-products" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,193, issued on March 17, was assigned to Ineos US Chemicals Co. (Naperville, Ill.).

"Process for recovering oxidation by-products" was invented by Anders Bitsch-Larsen (Naperville, Ill.) and Gang Jia (Zhuhai City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for recovering by-products of a substituted aromatic hydrocarbon oxidation reaction, comprising cooling one or more of a vapor stream directed to a high-pressure absorber (380), a solvent-rich scrubbing stream (381) directed to a high-pressure absorber (380), and a water-rich liquid stream (383) directed to a solvent recovery zone, by heat exchange with a cooled spent scrubbin...