The present application discloses cellulose ester compositions comprising certain mineral particle compositions. The compositions when heated reduce the molecular weight of the cellulose esters in the compositions depending in the temperature, time, and mineral particle composition loading. The present application also discloses processes for reducing the molecular weight of cellulose esters in cellulose ester compositions comprising the mineral particle compositions.
The present application discloses foamable compositions comprising cellulose acetate and a combination of a carbon dioxide as a physical blowing agent and a chemical blowing agent. The foamable compositions are used to prepare foams that exhibit lower density, lower average foam cell size, and fewer corrugations than foams made only by carbon dioxide.
C08J 9/00 - Working-up of macromolecular substances to porous or cellular articles or materials; After-treatment thereof
C08J 9/08 - Working-up of macromolecular substances to porous or cellular articles or materials; After-treatment thereof using blowing gases generated by a previously added blowing agent by a chemical blowing agent developing carbon dioxide
C08J 9/12 - Working-up of macromolecular substances to porous or cellular articles or materials; After-treatment thereof using blowing gases generated by a previously added blowing agent by a physical blowing agent
The present application discloses a foamable composition comprising 30 to 92 wt% cellulose acetate; 5 to 30 wt% of at least one plasticizer; 3 to 40 wt% of at least one natural filler; and 0 to 9 wt% of at least one physical blowing agent. The composition can be used to prepare biodegradable foam and foam articles having densities, cell sizes, mechanical and thermal properties appropriate for low and medium density foam applications.
C08J 9/00 - Working-up of macromolecular substances to porous or cellular articles or materials; After-treatment thereof
C08J 9/08 - Working-up of macromolecular substances to porous or cellular articles or materials; After-treatment thereof using blowing gases generated by a previously added blowing agent by a chemical blowing agent developing carbon dioxide
C08J 9/12 - Working-up of macromolecular substances to porous or cellular articles or materials; After-treatment thereof using blowing gases generated by a previously added blowing agent by a physical blowing agent
Blow molded articles with transparent view stripes made from copolyester compositions which comprise residues of terephthalic acid, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM), ethylene glycol (EG), neopentyl glycol (NPG), and/or 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol (TMCD) residues, in certain compositional ranges having certain advantages and improved properties.
B29C 49/22 - Blow-moulding, i.e. blowing a preform or parison to a desired shape within a mould; Apparatus therefor using multilayered preforms or parisons
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PROCESSES OF MAKING CELLULOSE ESTER FIBERS FROM PRE-CONSUMER TEXTILE WASTE
A dissolving pulp comprising a pre-consumer textile waste is used to produce cellulose esters and corresponding fibers. The process utilizes the cellulose content of wastes generated during textile manufacturing, including cotton linters, undercard, fabric clippings, cattle feed waste, comber knolls, pneumafil waste, shoddy waste, yarn waste, production waste, cutter clippings, twisting waste, or mixtures thereof.
A cellulose ester and/or cellulose ester fiber is produced from at least two different raw materials that each have recycled content from one or more from a waste materials. The resulting cellulose ester and/or cellulose ester fiber has higher recycled content than if only one of the raw materials used to make it had recycled content.
Disclosed is a plasticized cellulose ester composition. The plasticized cellulose ester composition of the present invention includes at least one cellulose ester; a plasticizer system including one or more aliphatic plasticizers; and a benzotriazole ultraviolet absorber. A flooring article with at least one layer formed from the composition is also described.
This invention relates to a polyester composition comprising: (1) at least one polyester which comprises: (a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising: (i) about 70 to about 100 mole % residues of terephthalic acid or esters thereof; (ii) about 0 to about 30 mole % of aromatic and/or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 20 carbon atoms; (b) a glycol component comprising: (i) about 10 to about 50 mole % of 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; (ii) about 50 to about 90 mole % residues of modifying glycols; wherein the total mole % of the dicarboxylic acid component is 100 mole %, wherein the total mole % of the diol component is 100 mole %; and (2) residues of a catalyst system comprising lithium atoms, aluminum atoms, and, optionally, less than 30 ppm, or less than 20 ppm, or less than 10 ppm, or less than 5 ppm, or from 0 to 30 ppm, or from 0 to 20 ppm, or from 0 to 10 ppm, or 0 ppm of tin atoms, relative to the mass of final polyester being prepared.
This invention relates to a polyester composition comprising: (1) at least one polyester which comprises: (a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising: (i) about 70 to about 100 mole % residues of terephthalic acid or esters thereof; (ii) about 0 to about 30 mole % of aromatic and/or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 20 carbon atoms; (b) a glycol component comprising: (i) about 10 to about 50 mole % of 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; (ii) about 50 to about 90 mole % residues of modifying glycols; wherein the total mole % of the dicarboxylic acid component of the final polyester is 100 mole %; wherein the total mole % of the glycol component of the final polyester is 100 mole %; and (2) residues comprising titanium atoms and zinc atoms, and less than 30 ppm, or less than 20 ppm, or less than 10 ppm, or less than 5 ppm, or less than 2 ppm, or from 0 to 30 ppm, or from 0 to 20 ppm, or from 0 to 10 ppm, or 0 ppm of tin atoms.
A vapor-generating article comprises a plurality of segments assembled in the form of a rod. The segments include a vapor-forming segment and a vapor-cooling segment located downstream of the vapor-forming segment within the rod. The vapor-cooling segment comprises a crimped cellulose ester (CE) film. The crimped CE film may comprise cellulose acetate propionate, perforations, or both.
This invention pertains to improved polyester polyol compositions comprising 1,3-cyclohexanedimethanol (1,3-CHDM). Coating compositions based on such polyester polyols are capable of providing a good balance of the desirable coating properties, such as solvent resistance, acid resistance, retort resistance, microcracking resistance, and bending ability, for metal packaging applications.
Raw synthesis gas (syngas) compositions are provided herein. The syngas compositions are generally formed from a partial oxidation reaction with a plastic feedstock within a PDX gasifier. The raw syngas compositions may by characterized by a desirable ratio of carbon monoxide to hydrogen and/or less impurities than syngas compositions formed using other feedstocks, such as natural gas or coal.
C01B 3/36 - Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing hydrogen by reaction of gaseous or liquid organic compounds with gasifying agents, e.g. water, carbon dioxide, air by reaction of hydrocarbons with gasifying agents using oxygen or mixtures containing oxygen as gasifying agents
Processes and facilities for producing a recycled content organic chemical compound directly or indirectly from waste plastic. Processing schemes are described herein for converting waste plastic (or hydrocarbon having recycled content derived from waste plastic) into useful intermediate chemicals and final products. In some aspects, recycled content aromatics (r-aromatics) can be processed to provide recycled content paraxylene (r-paraxylene), which can then be used to provide recycled content terephthalic acid (r-TPA) and/or recycled content polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET).
C10G 69/08 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils by at least one hydrotreatment process and at least one other conversion process plural serial stages only including at least one step of reforming naphtha
C10G 1/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
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CATALYTIC REFORMING OF RECYCLED CONTENT RAFFINATE AND NAPHTHA FROM ATMOSPHERIC DISTILLATION
Processes and facilities for producing a recycled content organic chemical compound directly or indirectly from waste plastic. Processing schemes are described herein for converting waste plastic (or hydrocarbon having recycled content derived from waste plastic) into useful intermediate chemicals and final products. The processing schemes may comprise a process for reforming a recycled content pyrolysis oil (r-pyoil) stream to produce a reformate comprising recycled content aromatics (r-aromatics). In some aspects, the r-aromatics can be processed to provide recycled content paraxylene (r-paraxylene), which can then be used to provide recycled content terephthalic acid (r-TPA) and/or recycled content polyethylene terephthalate (r- PET).
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
C10G 45/00 - Refining of hydrocarbon oils using hydrogen or hydrogen-generating compounds
C10G 69/08 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils by at least one hydrotreatment process and at least one other conversion process plural serial stages only including at least one step of reforming naphtha
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RECYCLED CONTENT HYDROCARBON FROM A RESIN FACILITY TO RECYCLED CONTENT PARAXYLENE
Processes and facilities for producing a recycled content organic chemical compound directly or indirectly from waste plastic. Processing schemes are described herein for converting waste plastic (or hydrocarbon having recycled content derived from waste plastic) into useful intermediate chemicals and final products. In some aspects, recycled content aromatics (r-aromatics) from a hydrocarbon resin production facility can be processed to provide recycled content paraxylene (r-paraxylene), which can then be used to provide recycled content terephthalic acid (r-TPA) and/or recycled content polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET).
C10B 53/07 - Destructive distillation, specially adapted for particular solid raw materials or solid raw materials in special form of synthetic polymeric materials, e.g. tyres
Processes and facilities for producing a recycled content organic chemical compound directly or indirectly from waste plastic. Processing schemes are described herein for converting waste plastic (or hydrocarbon having recycled content derived from waste plastic) into useful intermediate chemicals and final products. In some aspects, recycled content aromatics (r-aromatics) from a hydrocarbon resin production facility can be processed to provide recycled content paraxylene (r-paraxylene), which can then be used to provide recycled content terephthalic acid (r-TPA) and/or recycled content polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET).
C07C 4/22 - Preparation of hydrocarbons from hydrocarbons containing a larger number of carbon atoms by depolymerisation to the original monomer, e.g. dicyclopentadiene to cyclopentadiene
Processes and facilities for producing a recycled content organic chemical compound directly or indirectly from waste plastic. Processing schemes are described herein for converting waste plastic (or hydrocarbon having recycled content derived from waste plastic) into useful intermediate chemicals and final products. In some aspects, recycled content aromatics (r-aromatics) can be processed to provide recycled content paraxylene (r-paraxylene), which can then be used to provide recycled content terephthalic acid (r-TPA) and/or recycled content polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET).
C10G 1/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
Processes and facilities for producing a recycled content organic chemical compound directly or indirectly from waste plastic. Processing schemes are described herein for converting waste plastic (or hydrocarbon having recycled content derived from waste plastic) into useful intermediate chemicals and final products. The waste plastic can be liquified before being introduced to downstream processing. In some aspects, recycled content aromatics (r-aromatics) can be processed to provide recycled content paraxylene (r-paraxylene), which can then be used to provide recycled content terephthalic acid (r-TPA) and/or recycled content polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET).
C10G 1/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
C10G 9/36 - Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils by direct contact with inert preheated fluids, e.g. with molten metals or salts with heated gases or vapours
C10G 11/18 - Catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils with preheated moving solid catalysts according to the "fluidised bed" technique
C10G 45/58 - Refining of hydrocarbon oils using hydrogen or hydrogen-generating compounds to change the structural skeleton of some of the hydrocarbon content without cracking the other hydrocarbons present, e.g. lowering pour point; Selective hydrocracking of normal paraffins
C10G 47/00 - Cracking of hydrocarbon oils, in the presence of hydrogen or hydrogen-generating compounds, to obtain lower boiling fractions
C10G 63/08 - Treatment of naphtha by at least one reforming process and at least one other conversion process plural parallel stages only including at least one cracking step
C10G 69/04 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils by at least one hydrotreatment process and at least one other conversion process plural serial stages only including at least one step of catalytic cracking in the absence of hydrogen
C10G 69/08 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils by at least one hydrotreatment process and at least one other conversion process plural serial stages only including at least one step of reforming naphtha
C10G 55/04 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by at least one refining process and at least one cracking process plural serial stages only including at least one thermal cracking step
C10G 55/06 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by at least one refining process and at least one cracking process plural serial stages only including at least one catalytic cracking step
C10B 53/07 - Destructive distillation, specially adapted for particular solid raw materials or solid raw materials in special form of synthetic polymeric materials, e.g. tyres
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CONVERSION OF WASTE PLASTIC LIQUIFIED BY ADDITION OF A SOLVENT IN FLUIDIZED CATALYTIC CRACKER TO PRODUCE PARA-XYLENE
Processes and facilities for producing a recycled content organic chemical compound directly or indirectly from waste plastic. Processing schemes are described herein for converting waste plastic (or hydrocarbon having recycled content derived from waste plastic) into useful intermediate chemicals and final products. The waste plastic can be liquified before being introduced to downstream processing. In some aspects, recycled content aromatics (r-aromatics) can be processed to provide recycled content paraxylene (r-paraxylene), which can then be used to provide recycled content terephthalic acid (r-TPA) and/or recycled content polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET).
C10G 1/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
C10G 9/36 - Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils by direct contact with inert preheated fluids, e.g. with molten metals or salts with heated gases or vapours
C10G 11/18 - Catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils with preheated moving solid catalysts according to the "fluidised bed" technique
C10G 45/58 - Refining of hydrocarbon oils using hydrogen or hydrogen-generating compounds to change the structural skeleton of some of the hydrocarbon content without cracking the other hydrocarbons present, e.g. lowering pour point; Selective hydrocracking of normal paraffins
C10G 47/00 - Cracking of hydrocarbon oils, in the presence of hydrogen or hydrogen-generating compounds, to obtain lower boiling fractions
C10G 55/04 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by at least one refining process and at least one cracking process plural serial stages only including at least one thermal cracking step
C10G 55/06 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by at least one refining process and at least one cracking process plural serial stages only including at least one catalytic cracking step
C10G 63/08 - Treatment of naphtha by at least one reforming process and at least one other conversion process plural parallel stages only including at least one cracking step
C10G 69/04 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils by at least one hydrotreatment process and at least one other conversion process plural serial stages only including at least one step of catalytic cracking in the absence of hydrogen
C10G 69/08 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils by at least one hydrotreatment process and at least one other conversion process plural serial stages only including at least one step of reforming naphtha
C10B 53/07 - Destructive distillation, specially adapted for particular solid raw materials or solid raw materials in special form of synthetic polymeric materials, e.g. tyres
C08J 11/20 - Recovery or working-up of waste materials of polymers by chemically breaking down the molecular chains of polymers or breaking of crosslinks, e.g. devulcanisation by treatment with organic material by treatment with hydrocarbons or halogenated hydrocarbons
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NITROGEN REMOVAL FROM REFORMER FEEDSTOCK COMPRISING RECYCLED CONTENT PYROLYSIS OIL
Processes and facilities for producing a recycled content organic chemical compound directly or indirectly from waste plastic. Processing schemes are described herein for converting waste plastic (or hydrocarbon having recycled content derived from waste plastic) into useful intermediate chemicals and final products. The processing schemes may comprise a process for removing nitrogen from a feedstock for catalytic reforming. In some aspects, recycled content aromatics (r-aromatics) can be processed to provide recycled content paraxylene (r-paraxylene), which can then be used to provide recycled content terephthalic acid (r-TPA) and/or recycled content polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET).
C10G 1/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
C10G 25/00 - Refining of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, with solid sorbents
Processes and facilities for producing a recycled content organic chemical compound directly or indirectly from waste plastic. Processing schemes are described herein for converting waste plastic (or hydrocarbon having recycled content derived from waste plastic) into useful intermediate chemicals and final products. In some aspects, recycled content aromatics (r-aromatics) can be processed to provide recycled content paraxylene (r-paraxylene), which can then be used to provide recycled content terephthalic acid (r-TPA) and/or recycled content polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET).
C10G 45/00 - Refining of hydrocarbon oils using hydrogen or hydrogen-generating compounds
C10G 67/14 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils by at least one hydrotreatment process and at least one process for refining in the absence of hydrogen only plural serial stages only including at least two different refining steps in the absence of hydrogen
C10G 69/08 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils by at least one hydrotreatment process and at least one other conversion process plural serial stages only including at least one step of reforming naphtha
B01J 19/00 - Chemical, physical or physico-chemical processes in general; Their relevant apparatus
This invention relates to a process for making at least one polyester comprising: (a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising: (i) 70 to 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues; (ii) 0 to 30 mole % of aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 20 carbon atoms; and (iii) 0 to 10 mole % of aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 16 carbon atoms; (b) a glycol component comprising: (i) 10 to 50 mole % of 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues, which is a combination of greater than 80 mole % of cis-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol and less than 20 mole % of trans-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol, or greater than 85 mole % of cis-2, 2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol and less than 15 mole % of trans-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol, or greater than 90 mole % of cis-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol and less than 10 mole % of trans-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol, or greater than 95 mole % of cis-2, 2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol and less than 5 mole % of trans-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol; (ii) 50 to 90 mole % of cyclohexanedimethanol residues; and (iii) optionally, residues of at least one modifying glycol; wherein the total mole % of the dicarboxylic acid component of the final polyester is 100 mole %; wherein the total mole % of the glycol component of the final polyester is 100 mole %; and wherein the inherent viscosity of the final polyester is from 0.35 to 1.2 dL/g as determined in 60/40 (wt/wt) phenol/tetrachloroethane at a concentration of 0.25 g/50 ml at 25° C.; and wherein the final polyester has a Tg from 85° C. to 150° C.
Processes and facilities for producing a recycled content hydrocarbon product directly or indirectly from waste plastic. Processing schemes are described herein for converting waste plastic (or hydrocarbon having recycled content derived from waste plastic) into useful intermediate chemicals and final products. In some aspects, recycled content aromatics (r-aromatics) can be processed to provide recycled content paraxylene (r-paraxylene), which can then be used to provide recycled content terephthalic acid (r-TPA) and/or recycled content polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET).
C10G 1/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
C10G 9/36 - Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils by direct contact with inert preheated fluids, e.g. with molten metals or salts with heated gases or vapours
C10G 11/18 - Catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils with preheated moving solid catalysts according to the "fluidised bed" technique
C10G 45/00 - Refining of hydrocarbon oils using hydrogen or hydrogen-generating compounds
C10G 47/00 - Cracking of hydrocarbon oils, in the presence of hydrogen or hydrogen-generating compounds, to obtain lower boiling fractions
C10G 63/04 - Treatment of naphtha by at least one reforming process and at least one other conversion process plural serial stages only including at least one cracking step
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RECYCLED CONTENT ORGANIC CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS FROM WASTE PLASTIC
Processes and facilities for producing several types of recycled content organic chemical compounds from waste plastic. Processing schemes are described herein for converting waste plastic (or hydrocarbon having recycled content derived from waste plastic) into useful intermediate chemicals and final products. In some aspects, recycled content aromatics (r-aromatics) can be processed to provide recycled content benzene (r-benzene) and/or recycled content toluene (r-toluene), which can be further processed to form a variety of intermediate and final organic chemical compounds including, but not limited to, recycled content nylons, recycled content polystyrene, recycled content benzoic acid, and recycled content phenol.
C07C 2/76 - Preparation of hydrocarbons from hydrocarbons containing a smaller number of carbon atoms by condensation of hydrocarbons with partial elimination of hydrogen
C07C 15/14 - Polycyclic non-condensed hydrocarbons all phenyl groups being directly linked
C07C 13/18 - Monocyclic hydrocarbons or acyclic hydrocarbon derivatives thereof with a six-membered ring with a cyclohexane ring
C07C 5/327 - Formation of non-aromatic carbon-to-carbon double bonds only
C07C 5/48 - Preparation of hydrocarbons from hydrocarbons containing the same number of carbon atoms by dehydrogenation with a hydrogen acceptor with oxygen as an acceptor
C07C 37/08 - Preparation of compounds having hydroxy or O-metal groups bound to a carbon atom of a six-membered aromatic ring by decomposition of hydroperoxides, e.g. cumene hydroperoxide
C07C 37/11 - Preparation of compounds having hydroxy or O-metal groups bound to a carbon atom of a six-membered aromatic ring by reactions increasing the number of carbon atoms
C07C 51/265 - Preparation of carboxylic acids or their salts, halides, or anhydrides by oxidation with molecular oxygen of compounds containing six-membered aromatic rings without ring-splitting having alkyl side chains which are oxidised to carboxyl groups
C07C 67/08 - Preparation of carboxylic acid esters by reacting carboxylic acids or symmetrical anhydrides with the hydroxy or O-metal group of organic compounds
C07C 201/08 - Preparation of nitro compounds by substitution of hydrogen atoms by nitro groups
C07C 205/06 - Compounds containing nitro groups bound to a carbon skeleton having nitro groups bound to carbon atoms of six-membered aromatic rings
C07C 209/36 - Preparation of compounds containing amino groups bound to a carbon skeleton by reduction of nitrogen-to-oxygen or nitrogen-to-nitrogen bonds by reduction of nitro groups by reduction of nitro groups bound to carbon atoms of six-membered aromatic rings
C07C 211/50 - Compounds containing amino groups bound to a carbon skeleton having amino groups bound to carbon atoms of six-membered aromatic rings of the carbon skeleton having amino groups bound to only one six-membered aromatic ring having at least two amino groups bound to the carbon skeleton with at least two amino groups bound to carbon atoms of six-membered aromatic rings of the carbon skeleton
C07C 253/22 - Preparation of carboxylic acid nitriles by reaction of ammonia with carboxylic acids with replacement of carboxyl groups by cyano groups
C07C 255/09 - Carboxylic acid nitriles having cyano groups bound to acyclic carbon atoms of an acyclic and unsaturated carbon skeleton containing at least two cyano groups bound to the carbon skeleton
C07C 263/10 - Preparation of derivatives of isocyanic acid by reaction of amines with carbonyl halides, e.g. with phosgene
C07C 265/14 - Derivatives of isocyanic acid containing at least two isocyanate groups bound to the same carbon skeleton
C08G 18/76 - Polyisocyanates or polyisothiocyanates cyclic aromatic
C08G 69/08 - Polyamides derived from amino carboxylic acids or from polyamines and polycarboxylic acids derived from amino carboxylic acids
C08G 69/26 - Polyamides derived from amino carboxylic acids or from polyamines and polycarboxylic acids derived from polyamines and polycarboxylic acids
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CATALYTIC REFORMING OF RECYCLED CONTENT LIGHT PYROLYSIS OIL
Processes and facilities for producing a recycled content organic chemical compounds directly or indirectly from waste plastic. Processing schemes are described herein for converting waste plastic (or hydrocarbon having recycled content derived from waste plastic) into useful intermediate chemicals and final products. The processing schemes may comprise a process for reforming a recycled content pyrolysis oil (r-pyoil) stream to produce a reformate comprising recycled content aromatics (r-aromatics). In some aspects, the r-aromatics can be processed to provide recycled content paraxylene (r-paraxylene), which can then be used to provide recycled content terephthalic acid (r-TPA) and/or recycled content polyethylene terephthalate (r- PET).
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
C10G 45/00 - Refining of hydrocarbon oils using hydrogen or hydrogen-generating compounds
C10G 69/08 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils by at least one hydrotreatment process and at least one other conversion process plural serial stages only including at least one step of reforming naphtha
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RECYCLED CONTENT PARAXLENE FROM RECYCLED CONTENT PYROLYSIS EFFLUENT
Processes and facilities for producing a recycled content hydrocarbon product directly or indirectly from waste plastic. Processing schemes are described herein for converting waste plastic (or hydrocarbon having recycled content derived from waste plastic) to recycle content alkanes by feeding a recycled-content pyrolysis gas stream to an unsaturated gas plant of a refinery complex and recovering recycled-content alkanes streams from the unsaturated gas plant. The recycle-content alkanes can be subjected to alkylation and/or catalytic olefin oligomerization process and/or fed to a steam cracking facility and processed therein to produce a recycled-content pyrolysis gasoline stream, which in turn is fed to and processed within an aromatics complex to produce a recycled-content p-xylene product stream.
C10G 1/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
C10G 9/36 - Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils by direct contact with inert preheated fluids, e.g. with molten metals or salts with heated gases or vapours
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RECYCLED CONTENT PARAXYLENE FROM RECYCLED CONTENT PYROLYSIS VAPOR
Processes and facilities for producing a recycled content hydrocarbon product directly or indirectly from waste plastic. Processing schemes are described herein for converting waste plastic (or hydrocarbon having recycled content derived from waste plastic) into useful intermediate chemicals and final products. In some aspects, recycled content aromatics (r-aromatics) can be processed to provide recycled content paraxylene (r-paraxylene), which can then be used to provide recycled content terephthalic acid (r-TPA) and/or recycled content polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET).
C10G 1/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
C10G 9/36 - Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils by direct contact with inert preheated fluids, e.g. with molten metals or salts with heated gases or vapours
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WASTE PLASTIC PYROLYSIS VAPORS AND RESIDUE AS FEEDSTOCK TO FLUIDIZED CATALYTIC CRACKER
Processes and facilities for producing a recycled content organic chemical compound directly or indirectly from waste plastic. Processing schemes are described herein for converting waste plastic (or hydrocarbon having recycled content derived from waste plastic) into useful intermediate chemicals and final products. In some aspects, recycled content aromatics (r-aromatics) can be processed to provide recycled content paraxylene (r-paraxylene), which can then be used to provide recycled content terephthalic acid (r-TPA) and/or recycled content polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET).
C10G 1/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
C10B 53/07 - Destructive distillation, specially adapted for particular solid raw materials or solid raw materials in special form of synthetic polymeric materials, e.g. tyres
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
C10G 9/36 - Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils by direct contact with inert preheated fluids, e.g. with molten metals or salts with heated gases or vapours
C10G 11/18 - Catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils with preheated moving solid catalysts according to the "fluidised bed" technique
C07C 51/43 - Separation; Purification; Stabilisation; Use of additives by change of the physical state, e.g. crystallisation
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RECYCLED CONTENT METAXYLENE AND RELATED CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS FROM WASTE PLASTIC
Processes and facilities for producing a recycled content organic chemical compound directly or indirectly from waste plastic. Processing schemes are described herein for converting waste plastic (or hydrocarbon having recycled content derived from waste plastic) into useful intermediate chemicals and final products. In some aspects, recycled content aromatics (r-aromatics) can be processed to provide recycled content metaxylene (r-metaxylene), which can then be used to provide recycled content isophthalic acid (r-IA) and/or recycled content co-polyethylene terephthalate (r-co-PET). In some aspects, at least a portion of the r-IPA can be used to form recycled content dimethyl isophthalate (r-DMI) and/or as a monomer to provide one or more of several different types of recycled content polyester (r-polyester).
C10G 1/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
Processes and facilities for producing a recycled content organic chemical compound directly or indirectly from waste plastic. Processing schemes are described herein for converting waste plastic (or hydrocarbon having recycled content derived from waste plastic) into useful intermediate chemicals and final products. In some aspects, recycled content aromatics (r-aromatics) can be processed to provide recycled content paraxylene (r-paraxylene), which can then be used to provide recycled content dimethyl terephthalate (r-DMT). The r-DMT can then be used to form a variety of other chemical and end products, including recycled content cyclohexanedimethanol (r-CHDM) and various recycled content polymers, such as polyesters and aramid polymers.
C07C 67/39 - Preparation of carboxylic acid esters by oxidation of groups which are precursors for the acid moiety of the ester
C10G 1/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
C10G 9/36 - Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils by direct contact with inert preheated fluids, e.g. with molten metals or salts with heated gases or vapours
C10G 9/00 - Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils
C08G 63/00 - Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic ester link in the main chain of the macromolecule
C07C 67/08 - Preparation of carboxylic acid esters by reacting carboxylic acids or symmetrical anhydrides with the hydroxy or O-metal group of organic compounds
C07C 29/149 - Preparation of compounds having hydroxy or O-metal groups bound to a carbon atom not belonging to a six-membered aromatic ring by reduction of an oxygen-containing functional group of C=O containing groups, e.g. —COOH of carboxylic acids or derivatives thereof with hydrogen or hydrogen-containing gases
C07C 51/265 - Preparation of carboxylic acids or their salts, halides, or anhydrides by oxidation with molecular oxygen of compounds containing six-membered aromatic rings without ring-splitting having alkyl side chains which are oxidised to carboxyl groups
C07C 67/313 - Preparation of carboxylic acid esters by modifying the acid moiety of the ester, such modification not being an introduction of an ester group by introduction of doubly bound oxygen containing functional groups, e.g. carboxyl groups
31.
RECYCLED CONTENT PARAXYLENE AND RELATED CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS FROM WASTE PLASTIC
Processes and facilities for producing a recycled content organic chemical compound directly or indirectly from waste plastic. Processing schemes are described herein for converting waste plastic (or hydrocarbon having recycled content derived from waste plastic) into useful intermediate chemicals and final products. In some aspects, recycled content aromatics (r-aromatics) can be processed to provide recycled content paraxylene (r-paraxylene), which can then be used to provide recycled content terephthalic acid (r-TPA) and/or recycled content polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET). In some aspects, the r-PET can include one or more comonomers to form r-co-PET, which can be used in a variety of end use applications.
C10G 1/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
C08J 11/10 - Recovery or working-up of waste materials of polymers by chemically breaking down the molecular chains of polymers or breaking of crosslinks, e.g. devulcanisation
C08J 11/14 - Recovery or working-up of waste materials of polymers by chemically breaking down the molecular chains of polymers or breaking of crosslinks, e.g. devulcanisation by treatment with steam or water
32.
RECYCLED CONTENT PARAXYLENE FROM RECYCLED CONTENT DISTILLATION PRODUCTS
Processes and facilities for producing a recycled content hydrocarbon product directly or indirectly from waste plastic. Processing schemes are described herein for converting waste plastic (or hydrocarbon having recycled content derived from waste plastic) into useful intermediate chemicals and final products. In some aspects, recycled content aromatics (r-aromatics) can be processed to provide recycled content paraxylene (r-paraxylene), which can then be used to provide recycled content terephthalic acid (r-TPA) and/or recycled content polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET).
C10G 69/08 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils by at least one hydrotreatment process and at least one other conversion process plural serial stages only including at least one step of reforming naphtha
C10G 1/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
Processes and facilities for producing a recycled content organic chemical compound directly or indirectly from waste plastic. Processing schemes are described herein for converting waste plastic (or hydrocarbon having recycled content derived from waste plastic) into useful intermediate chemicals and final products. In some aspects, recycled content aromatics (r-aromatics) can be processed to provide recycled content paraxylene (r-paraxylene), which can then be used to provide recycled content terephthalic acid (r-TPA) and/or recycled content polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET).
C10B 53/07 - Destructive distillation, specially adapted for particular solid raw materials or solid raw materials in special form of synthetic polymeric materials, e.g. tyres
This invention pertains to improved polyester polyol compositions containing 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol (TMCD). Coating compositions based on such TMCD polyester polyols are capable of providing a good balance of desirable coating properties such as solvent resistance, acid resistance, retort resistance, microcracking resistance, and bending ability. The TMCD coating compositions have particular utility for use in metal packaging applications.
The invention provides polyester-based powder coating compositions useful in the coating of shaped or formed articles, which exhibit improved properties such as weathering performance and flexibility. In general, the polyesters are comprised of residues of 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanedio; a diol residue selected from the group consisting of neopentyl glycol, cyclohexanedimethanol, 1,6-hexanediol, 1,4-butanediol, hydroxypivalyl hydroxypivalate, and combinations thereof; residues of trimethylolpropane; and residues of hexahydrophthalic anhydride. The polyester component of the compositions is formulated as predominantly carboxyl-functional and have an acid number of about 20 to 90 mg KOH/g of resin, and thus are suitably cross-linked in a thermosetting powder coating composition system with cross-linking compounds known to react with such carboxyl groups.
C09D 167/00 - Coating compositions based on polyesters obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic ester link in the main chain; Coating compositions based on derivatives of such polymers
C08G 63/685 - Polyesters containing atoms other than carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen containing nitrogen
C08G 63/91 - Polymers modified by chemical after-treatment
C08G 63/137 - Acids or hydroxy compounds containing cycloaliphatic rings
The invention provides polyester-based powder coating compositions useful in the coating of shaped or formed articles, which exhibit improved mechanical properties and weathering. The powder coating composition comprises: A. at least one carboxyl-functional polyester which comprises: 1. a polyol component; and 2. a dicarboxylic aid component; wherein the polyester has a glass transition temperature of about 45° to 90°C, an acid number of about 20 to about 100 mg KOH/g, a number average molecular weight of about 2,000 to 10,000 g/mole, and a weight average molecular weight of about 5,000 to 100,000 g/mole; and B. one or more compounds reactive with the carboxyl-functional polyester.
C08G 63/137 - Acids or hydroxy compounds containing cycloaliphatic rings
C08G 63/199 - Acids or hydroxy compounds containing cycloaliphatic rings
C09D 167/00 - Coating compositions based on polyesters obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic ester link in the main chain; Coating compositions based on derivatives of such polymers
C09D 167/02 - Polyesters derived from dicarboxylic acids and dihydroxy compounds
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
Goods & Services
Unprocessed artificial resins; Unprocessed thermoplastic compounds, thermoplastic elastomer resins and thermoplastic concentrates for use in manufacturing in a wide variety of industries
Stretchable, multilayer films are disclosed that include a thermoplastic polyurethane substrate and a thermoset coating, applied to the thermoplastic polyurethane substrate. The thermoset coating may comprise the reaction product of: an oligomeric polyester resin comprising the reaction product of: diols or polyols comprising from about 30 to about 99 mol % trimethylolpropane and from about 1 mol % to about 70 mol % neopentyl glycol, in each case based on the total molar amount of diols and polyols reacted, and dicarboxylic acids or polycarboxylic acids comprising from about 1 mol % to about 70 mol % of one or more cyclic or acyclic aliphatic acids having from 2 to 12 carbons, based on the total molar amount of dicarboxylic acids and polycarboxylic acids reacted.
A washing machine door assembly (100) is provided comprising a plastic bowl (102) fixedly engaged with an outer door frame (112) by one or more integral engagement features. The washing machine door assembly (100) does not include an inner door frame ring.
Provided is a process for preparing bicyclo[2.2.2]octane-1,4-diol starting from cyclohexane-1,4-dione. The diene is reacted with certain trialkylsilyl halides or trimethylsilyl trifluormethanesulfonate in the presence of a non-nucleophilic base to afford a silyl-substituted diene, which is in turn reacted with ethylene and subsequently reduced to provide the title compound.
Provided is a one-pot process for preparing propionic acid, which comprises (i) treating ethylene with a C1-C6 alkanol, water, and carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst system comprising the reaction product of (a) a Group 8 to 10 transition metal compound such as a palladium or ruthenium compound; and (b) an activating anion, at elevated temperature and pressure. The process also provides a facile, continuous process for the preparation of propionic acid via the alkoxycarbonylation of ethylene at elevated temperature and pressure followed by hydrolysis, in one reaction vessel.
C07C 51/56 - Preparation of carboxylic acid anhydrides from organic acids, their salts, or their esters
C07C 51/14 - Preparation of carboxylic acids or their salts, halides, or anhydrides by reaction with carbon monoxide on a carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bond in organic compounds
C07C 67/38 - Preparation of carboxylic acid esters by reaction with carbon monoxide or formates by addition to an unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bond
B01J 31/28 - Catalysts comprising hydrides, coordination complexes or organic compounds containing in addition, inorganic metal compounds not provided for in groups of the platinum group metals, iron group metals or copper
A chemical recycling process and facility for turning one or more waste plastics into syngas are provided. Generally, the chemical recycling process involves: (a) liquefying at least one solid waste plastic to form a liquefied waste plastic; (b) introducing at least a portion of the liquefied waste plastic into a partial oxidation (POX) gasifier; and (c) converting at least a portion of the liquefied waste plastic in the POX gasifier into a syngas composition.
C10B 53/07 - Destructive distillation, specially adapted for particular solid raw materials or solid raw materials in special form of synthetic polymeric materials, e.g. tyres
44.
PRODUCTION OF 2,2,4,4-TETRAMETHYLCYCLOBUTANE-1,3-DIOL FROM SECONDARY ALCOHOLS AND 2,2,4,4-TETRAMETHYLCYCLOBUTANEDIONE USING HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSTS
Disclosed is a process for preparing 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diol by reacting 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutanedione with a secondary alcohol in the presence of a transfer hydrogenation catalyst.
C07C 29/143 - Preparation of compounds having hydroxy or O-metal groups bound to a carbon atom not belonging to a six-membered aromatic ring by reduction of an oxygen-containing functional group of C=O containing groups, e.g. —COOH of ketones
Provided are polymer compositions comprising copolyesters comprising 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol (TMCD) and ethylene glycol (EG) residues which exhibit substantially improved impact toughness and coefficient of friction reduction while physical properties such as heat distortion temperature (HOT) and flexural modulus, after modification, are maintained compared to un-modified compositions.
Provided are polymer compositions comprising copolyesters comprising 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol (TMCD) and cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM) residues which exhibit substantially improved impact toughness and coefficient of friction reduction while physical properties such as heat distortion temperature (HDT) and flexural modulus, after modification, are maintained compared to un-modified compositions.
A shaped article comprising a molded component configured to receive a terpene containing oil composition, said molded component formed of a copolyester composition having high chemical resistance to terpene oil and having a Tg of at least 95° C.
Disclosed is a process for preparing 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diol by reacting 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane dione with isobutanol in the presence of a tandem transfer hydrogenation and Tischenko reaction catalyst.
C07C 29/145 - Preparation of compounds having hydroxy or O-metal groups bound to a carbon atom not belonging to a six-membered aromatic ring by reduction of an oxygen-containing functional group of C=O containing groups, e.g. —COOH of ketones with hydrogen or hydrogen-containing gases
A dichloromethane-free wet spinning process for producing cellulose triacetate fiber with a silk factor greater than 8.0. A dichloromethane-free cellulose triacetate dope comprising dimethylacetamide is wet spun into a coagulation bath which is controlled to a temperature ranging from 20°C to 40°C and comprising dimethylacetamide and water. A jet draw stretching ratio ranging from 0.3 to 1.4 is applied to the wet spun CTA fibers which may also be subjected to one or more post jet draw stretching steps. During drying, the CTA fibers are partially or completely shrunk. This process enables CTA fiber(s) having a silk factor greater than 8.0 to be produced without using dichloromethane and without the energy costs associated with other processes that requiring lower or higher coagulation bath temperatures.
D01F 2/28 - Monocomponent artificial filaments or the like of cellulose or cellulose derivatives; Manufacture thereof from cellulose derivatives from organic cellulose esters or ethers, e.g. cellulose acetate
Processes for preparing aldehydes from olefins under hydroformylation temperature and pressure conditions are disclosed. The processes include a step of contacting at least one olefin with hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of at least one solvent and a transition metal-based catalyst composition comprising a bisphosphine ligand.
B01J 23/46 - Ruthenium, rhodium, osmium or iridium
C07C 45/50 - Preparation of compounds having C=O groups bound only to carbon or hydrogen atoms; Preparation of chelates of such compounds by reaction with carbon monoxide by oxo-reactions
51.
PROCESSES OF PREPARING FERROCENE LIGAND MIXTURES SUITABLE FOR PROPYLENE HYDROFORMYLATION
Processes for preparing aldehydes from olefins under hydroformylation temperature and pressure conditions are disclosed. The processes include a step of contacting at least one olefin with hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of at least one solvent and a transition metal-based catalyst composition comprising a ferrocene-based biphosphine ligand.
B01J 23/46 - Ruthenium, rhodium, osmium or iridium
C07C 45/50 - Preparation of compounds having C=O groups bound only to carbon or hydrogen atoms; Preparation of chelates of such compounds by reaction with carbon monoxide by oxo-reactions
53.
COATING COMPOSITION CONTAINING TMCD POLYESTER AND A MODIFYING POLYESTER
This invention pertains to coating compositions based on polyesters containing 2,2,4,4-tetrametbyM,3-cyclobutanediol (TMCD) and modifying polyester polyols. Coatings based on such polyester blends are capable of providing a good balance of the desirable coating properties, such as solvent resistance, acid resistance, retort resistance, crazing resistance, and bending ability, for metal packaging applications.
POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TETRAMETHYL CYCLOBUTANEDIOL AND CYCLOHEXANEDIMETHANOL HAVING AN IMPROVED CATALYST SYSTEM COMPRISING LITHIUM AND ALUMINUM ATOMS
This invention relates to a polyester composition comprising: (1) at least one polyester which comprises: (a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising: (i) about 70 to about 100 mole % residues of terephthalic acid or esters thereof; (ii) about 0 to about 30 mole % of aromatic and/or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 20 carbon atoms; (b) a glycol component comprising: (i) about 10 to about 50 mole % of 2, 2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; (ii) about 50 to about 90 mole % of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues; wherein the total mole % of the dicarboxylic acid component is 100 mole %, wherein the total mole % of the diol component is 100 mole %; and (2) residues of a catalyst system comprising lithium atoms, aluminum atoms, and less than 30 ppm, or less than 20 ppm, or less than 10 ppm, or less than 5 ppm, or less than 2 ppm, or from 0 to 30 ppm, or from 0 to 20 ppm, or from 0 to 10 ppm, or 0 ppm tin atoms.
The invention provides shrinkable films comprised of polyesters comprising certain combinations of glycols and diacids in particular proportions. These polyesters afford certain advantageous properties in the resulting shrinkable films, and thus are suitable as drop-in replacements for commercially available shrink films made using poly(vinyl chloride).
Ligands for use with catalyst compositions used in hydroformylation reactions are described herein. The ligands are used with various solvents and achieve an increase in isoselectivity with an increase in temperature.
C07C 45/50 - Preparation of compounds having C=O groups bound only to carbon or hydrogen atoms; Preparation of chelates of such compounds by reaction with carbon monoxide by oxo-reactions
Disclosed is a plasticized cellulose ester composition. The plasticized cellulose ester composition of the present invention includes at least one cellulose ester; at least one plasticizer; and an effective amount of a melt- strength enhancing additive. Related calendered articles and flooring articles are also described.
Recycled content triacetin (r-triacetin) is produced using a process and system that applies physical and/or credit-based recycled content from one or more feed materials to triacetin produced from the feed materials.
C07C 29/151 - Preparation of compounds having hydroxy or O-metal groups bound to a carbon atom not belonging to a six-membered aromatic ring by reduction of oxides of carbon exclusively with hydrogen or hydrogen-containing gases
C07C 67/08 - Preparation of carboxylic acid esters by reacting carboxylic acids or symmetrical anhydrides with the hydroxy or O-metal group of organic compounds
C07C 69/18 - Acetic acid esters of trihydroxylic compounds
C01B 3/34 - Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing hydrogen by reaction of gaseous or liquid organic compounds with gasifying agents, e.g. water, carbon dioxide, air by reaction of hydrocarbons with gasifying agents
The invention provides shrinkable films comprised of polyesters comprising certain combinations of glycols and diacids in particular proportions. These polyesters afford certain advantageous properties in the resulting shrinkable films, and thus are suitable as drop-in replacements for commercially available shrink films made using poly(vinyl chloride).
A dried, solid composition comprising a compound of the structural formula (I) is provided: wherein R2is an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and wherein the composition has a particle/crystal size distribution of 20 to 500 microns; wherein the dried solid composition has a specific cake resistance of 5 x 109m/kg or less, or 4.3 x 109 m/kg or less; wherein the particle size ranges from 20 to 500 microns. A process for making the composition is also provided.
Disclosed is a multilayer resilient flooring article, The multilayer resilient flooring article of the present invention includes a core layer comprising a first plasticized cellulose ester-based composition and a top layer comprising a second plasticized cellulose ester-based composition, wherein the first plasticized cellulose ester-based composition comprises a combustion suppression system. Compositions useful for example in the manufacture of multilayer resilient flooring articles are also described.
B32B 23/04 - Layered products essentially comprising cellulosic plastic substances comprising such substance as the main or only constituent of a layer, next to another layer of a specific substance
E04F 15/10 - Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements of other materials, e.g. fibrous or chipped materials, organic plastics, magnesite, hardboard
62.
HOLLOW ACETATE TUBE FILTERS HAVING HIGH HARDNESS VALUES
A filter product for use in a consumer product. The consumer product may comprise a tobacco product, such as a combustible cigarette or a heat- not-burn stick. The filter product may comprise a plurality of cellulose acetate fibers having hollow core sections.
Copolyesters made from the direct esterification of terephthalic acid with diols including ethylene glycol, but which contain low diethylene glycol (DEG) content, and processes for making the copolyesters. The copolyesters are characterized by comprising 1.0 wt % or less of DEG without requiring the use of DEG-suppressing additives. The processes are characterized by features including operating at lower pressures and lower EG:TPA feed mole ratios in the first reaction zone, while simultaneously at higher temperatures than typical operation in order to lower incorporation of DEG into the final polymer.
The present application discloses a method of reducing acid and ester degradation products during calendering of cellulose ester containing plasticiser using certain additives such as primary antioxidants and metal alkanoate. The compositions comprising the additives exhibit significant reductions in acids and ester degradation products as compared to compositions not comprising the additives.
Heat shrinkable films comprised of polyesters comprising certain combinations of glycols and diacids in particular proportions. These polyesters afford certain advantageous properties in the resulting shrinkable films including toughness and/or ageing, and thus are suitable as replacements for commercially available shrink films made using poly(vinyl chloride).
B32B 27/20 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin characterised by the use of special additives using fillers, pigments, thixotroping agents
A filter product for use in a consumer product. The consumer product may comprise a tobacco product, such as a combustible cigarette or a heat- not-burn stick. The filter product may comprise a plurality of cellulose acetate fibers having hollow core sections.
A filter product for use in a consumer product. The consumer product may comprise a tobacco product, such as a combustible cigarette or a heat- not-burn stick. The filter product may comprise a plurality of cellulose acetate fibers having hollow core sections.
A water dispersible sulfopolyester is provided wherein the sulfopolyester comprises: (a) residues of one or more dicarboxylic acids; (b) at least 4 mole percent and less than 8.5 mole percent of residues of at least one sulfomonomer; and (c) residues of one or more diols, wherein the sulfopolyester comprises a carboxylate ends to acid ends ratio of at least 0.6, wherein the sulfopolyester contains substantially equimolar proportions of acid moiety repeating units (100 mole percent) to hydroxy moiety repeating units (100 mole percent), and wherein all stated mole percentages are based on the total of all acid and hydroxy moiety repeating units being equal to 200 mole percent. Processes for producing the sulfopolyester are also provided as well as articles comprising the sulfopolyester.
C08G 63/672 - Dicarboxylic acids and dihydroxy compounds
D01F 6/84 - Monocomponent man-made filaments or the like of synthetic polymers; Manufacture thereof from copolycondensation products from copolyesters
D03D 15/283 - Woven fabrics characterised by the material, structure or properties of the fibres, filaments, yarns, threads or other warp or weft elements used characterised by the material of the fibres or filaments constituting the yarns or threads synthetic polymer-based, e.g. polyamide or polyester fibres
A water dispersible sulfopolyester is provided wherein the sulfopolyester comprises: (a) residues of one or more dicarboxylic acids; (b) at least 10 mole percent of residues of at least one sulfomonomer; and (c) residues of two or more diols, wherein said diols comprise ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol, and wherein the sulfopolyester exhibits a glass transition temperature of at least 58° C., wherein the sulfopolyester comprises a diethylene glycol to ethylene glycol molar ratio of less than 0.65, wherein the sulfopolyester contains substantially equimolar proportions of acid moiety repeating units (100 mole percent) to hydroxy moiety repeating units (100 mole percent), and wherein all stated mole percentages are based on the total of all acid and hydroxy moiety repeating units being equal to 200 mole percent. Woven and nonwoven articles comprising the water dispersible sulfopolyester are also provided.
D03D 15/283 - Woven fabrics characterised by the material, structure or properties of the fibres, filaments, yarns, threads or other warp or weft elements used characterised by the material of the fibres or filaments constituting the yarns or threads synthetic polymer-based, e.g. polyamide or polyester fibres
D03D 15/50 - Woven fabrics characterised by the material, structure or properties of the fibres, filaments, yarns, threads or other warp or weft elements used characterised by the properties of the yarns or threads
D01F 6/84 - Monocomponent man-made filaments or the like of synthetic polymers; Manufacture thereof from copolycondensation products from copolyesters
70.
HEAD-UP DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH HALF WAVEPLATE OPTIMIZED FOR BETTER PERFORMANCE
The present application discloses interlayers comprising half waveplate (“HWP”) films and head-up display systems incorporating the interlayers. The interlayers and head-up display systems are optimized so that the optical axis has an angle phi (Φ) relative to the axis formed from the p-polarization direction of a display light projected onto the plane of the HWP film. The optimized φ depends on the optical properties of the films.
Transparent, conductive barrier films are disclosed that include a polymeric substrate; an optional planarization layer, atop the polymeric substrate, and at least one dyad, atop the optional planarization layer if present, or atop the polymeric substrate, that comprises an inorganic oxide layer, and a polymethylglutarimide layer. The films of the invention are further provided with a conductive layer, atop the at least one dyad.
Provided are copolyester films comprising multicomponent compositions which exhibit improved durability and customizable modulus properties which can be useful in many applications, including formed articles for use in the dental appliance market.
A61C 7/00 - Orthodontics, i.e. obtaining or maintaining the desired position of teeth, e.g. by straightening, evening, regulating, separating, or by correcting malocclusions
It has been discovered that heat energy may be captured from the flue gas from a pyrolysis reactor, which was previously lost due to exhausting. More particularly, it has been discovered that residual heat energy from pyrolysis flue gas in a chemical recycling facility may be used to preheat waste plastic streams and provide heat for waste plastic pyrolysis. Consequently, the pyrolysis processes and systems described herein may obtain a lower carbon footprint.
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
C10B 53/07 - Destructive distillation, specially adapted for particular solid raw materials or solid raw materials in special form of synthetic polymeric materials, e.g. tyres
B01D 53/14 - Separation of gases or vapours; Recovering vapours of volatile solvents from gases; Chemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by absorption
74.
RECOVERY OF VALUABLE CHEMICAL PRODUCTS FROM RECYCLE CONTENT PYROLYSIS OIL
It has been discovered that high volumes of valuable recycle content products may be directly derived from waste plastic pyrolysis effluent. More particularly, one or more valuable recycle content hydrocarbons, such as aromatics and diolefins, can be separated from recycle content pyrolysis oil prior to further treatment in a downstream cracker facility. Consequently, by recovering these valuable recycle content products upstream of the cracking facility, one can optimize recovery and utilization of recycle content products from waste plastics.
C10B 53/07 - Destructive distillation, specially adapted for particular solid raw materials or solid raw materials in special form of synthetic polymeric materials, e.g. tyres
C10G 1/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
C10G 9/00 - Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils
C10G 21/00 - Refining of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by extraction with selective solvents
C10G 55/04 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by at least one refining process and at least one cracking process plural serial stages only including at least one thermal cracking step
75.
CHEMICAL RECYCLING PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR MELTING AND PYROLYSIS OF SOLID WASTE PLASTIC
It has been discovered that use of a single reactor for melting waste plastics and pyrolyzing the melted waste plastics can lower the carbon footprint of a chemical recycling facility. More particularly, by melting and pyrolyzing in the same reactor vessel, one may mitigate the need for additional heat sources, thereby decreasing the potential need to combust additional fossil fuels for heating purposes. Consequently, by utilizing the plastic liquification and pyrolysis reactor described herein, one can lower the carbon footprint of the chemical recycling facility described herein.
C10B 53/07 - Destructive distillation, specially adapted for particular solid raw materials or solid raw materials in special form of synthetic polymeric materials, e.g. tyres
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
C10B 47/44 - Other processes in ovens with mechanical conveying means with conveyor-screws
C10B 47/32 - Other processes in ovens with mechanical conveying means
It has been discovered that heat energy may be captured from various process streams in a chemical recycling facility, such as the pyrolysis effluent streams, pyrolysis gas streams, and pyrolysis flue gas streams. More particularly, it has been discovered that residual heat energy from various process streams in a chemical recycling facility may be used to preheat waste plastic streams and provide heat for waste plastic pyrolysis. Consequently, the pyrolysis processes and systems described herein may obtain a lower carbon footprint.
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
C10G 1/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
C10G 9/00 - Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils
C10J 3/62 - Processes with separate withdrawal of the distillation products
C10B 53/07 - Destructive distillation, specially adapted for particular solid raw materials or solid raw materials in special form of synthetic polymeric materials, e.g. tyres
It has been discovered that heat energy may be captured from typical waste streams, such as flue gas streams, that were previously lost due to exhausting. More particularly, it has been discovered that residual heat energy from various waste streams in a chemical recycling facility may be used to preheat waste plastic streams and provide heat for waste plastic pyrolysis. Consequently, the pyrolysis processes and systems described herein may obtain a lower carbon footprint.
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
C10G 1/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
It has been discovered that microplastics can be recovered from waste plastic processing and used in downstream chemical recycling processes. In particular, an extractive fluid may be used to agglomerate the microplastics in an organic phase, which can be separated from the aqueous streams. Consequently, the microplastics pose less of an environmental risk and chemical recycling yield can be increased.
C08J 11/08 - Recovery or working-up of waste materials of polymers without chemical reactions using selective solvents for polymer components
C08J 11/12 - Recovery or working-up of waste materials of polymers by chemically breaking down the molecular chains of polymers or breaking of crosslinks, e.g. devulcanisation by dry-heat treatment only
C07C 7/04 - Purification, separation or stabilisation of hydrocarbons; Use of additives by distillation
C10B 53/07 - Destructive distillation, specially adapted for particular solid raw materials or solid raw materials in special form of synthetic polymeric materials, e.g. tyres
Multilayer crystallizable heat shrinkable films and sheets comprising amorphous copolyester compositions and crystallizable copolyester compositions which comprise residues of terephthalic acid, neopentyl glycol (NPG), 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM), ethylene glycol (EG), and diethylene glycol (DEG), and which incorporate recycled PET, in certain compositional ranges having certain advantages and improved properties including recyclability.
B32B 27/08 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin of a different kind
B32B 27/20 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin characterised by the use of special additives using fillers, pigments, thixotroping agents
81.
RECYCLE CONTENT ORGANIC ACIDS FROM ALKOXY CARBONYLATION
Recycle content organic acids, such as recycle content propionic acid and recycle content butyric acid, are produced using a process and system that applies physical and/or credit-based recycle content from one or more feed materials to the organic acids produced from the feed materials. Thus, recycle content organic acids may be produced that contain physical recycle content and/or credit-based recycle content.
C07C 51/14 - Preparation of carboxylic acids or their salts, halides, or anhydrides by reaction with carbon monoxide on a carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bond in organic compounds
It has been discovered that the reliance of additional chemical processing facilities downstream of a waste plastic pyrolysis facility may be avoided by utilizing a pyrolysis facility that can both pyrolyze and crack a waste plastic feedstock to thereby form various recycle content products. More specifically, a plastic liquification system and a pyrolysis reactor operating at more severe temperatures and conditions may effectively pyrolyze and crack a waste plastic so that additional downstream processing in a cracking facility may be avoided. Consequently, the waste plastic pyrolysis configuration and process disclosed herein can obtain process efficiencies and logistical simplicity not obtainable in previous waste plastic pyrolysis scheme iterations.
C10B 53/07 - Destructive distillation, specially adapted for particular solid raw materials or solid raw materials in special form of synthetic polymeric materials, e.g. tyres
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
C10G 1/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
C10G 9/00 - Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils
C10G 51/02 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by two or more cracking processes only plural serial stages only
83.
CHEMICAL RECYCLING FACILITY WITH REDUCED WATER CONSUMPTION
Processes and facilities for providing recycled content hydrocarbon products (r-products) from the pyrolysis of waste plastic and cracking of the resulting recycled content streams are provided. Processing schemes are described herein that reduce overall water consumption, which helps increase energy efficiency and minimize overall environmental impact of the facility, while producing valuable final products from chemically recycled waste plastic.
C10G 9/00 - Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils
C10G 9/36 - Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils by direct contact with inert preheated fluids, e.g. with molten metals or salts with heated gases or vapours
C10G 1/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
84.
CHEMICAL RECYCLING FACILITY WITH REDUCED WATER CONSUMPTION
Processes and facilities for providing recycled content hydrocarbon products (r-products) from the pyrolysis of waste plastic and cracking of the resulting recycled content streams are provided. Processing schemes are described herein that reduce overall water consumption, which helps increase energy efficiency and minimize overall environmental impact of the facility, while producing valuable final products from chemically recycled waste plastic.
C10G 1/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
C10G 9/00 - Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils
C10G 19/00 - Refining hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by alkaline treatment
C10G 31/08 - Refining of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by methods not otherwise provided for by treating with water
C10G 55/04 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by at least one refining process and at least one cracking process plural serial stages only including at least one thermal cracking step
B01D 53/14 - Separation of gases or vapours; Recovering vapours of volatile solvents from gases; Chemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by absorption
85.
CHEMICAL RECYCLING FACILITY WITH ELECTRIC PROCESS EQUIPMENT
Processes and facilities for providing recycled content hydrocarbon products (r-products) from the pyrolysis of waste plastic and cracking of the resulting recycled content streams are provided. Processing schemes are described herein that increase energy efficiency and help reduce overall environmental impact while producing valuable final products from chemically recycled waste plastic.
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
86.
2-ETHYLHEXYL METHYL TEREPHTHALATE AND BIS(2-ETHYLHEXYL) TEREPHTHALATE BLEND PLASTICIZERS
The invention provides a plasticizer for use in plastic materials such as polyvinyl chloride. The plasticizer is a blend of di-(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate (DOTP) and 2-ethylhexyl methyl terephthalate (MOTP). The blend of di-(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate and 2-ethylhexyl methyl terephthalate provides a non-ortho-phthalate alternative to plasticizers such as diisononyl phthalate and also produces good fusion temperature, gelation point, plastisol viscosity, efficiency, plasticizer compatibility, and drying time performance.
A water dispersible sulfopolyester is provided wherein the sulfopolyester comprises: (a) residues of one or more dicarboxylic acids; (b) at least 10 mole percent of residues of at least one sulfomonomer; and (c) residues of two or more diols, wherein the diols comprise 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol and diethylene glycol, wherein the sulfopolyester exhibits a glass transition temperature of at least 57° C., wherein the sulfopolyester contains substantially equimolar proportions of acid moiety repeating units (100 mole percent) to hydroxy moiety repeating units (100 mole percent), and wherein all stated mole percentages are based on the total of all acid and hydroxy moiety repeating units being equal to 200 mole percent. Woven articles and nonwoven articles are also provided.
C08G 63/688 - Polyesters containing atoms other than carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen containing sulfur
C08G 63/199 - Acids or hydroxy compounds containing cycloaliphatic rings
C08G 63/672 - Dicarboxylic acids and dihydroxy compounds
D01F 6/84 - Monocomponent man-made filaments or the like of synthetic polymers; Manufacture thereof from copolycondensation products from copolyesters
D03D 15/283 - Woven fabrics characterised by the material, structure or properties of the fibres, filaments, yarns, threads or other warp or weft elements used characterised by the material of the fibres or filaments constituting the yarns or threads synthetic polymer-based, e.g. polyamide or polyester fibres
D03D 15/50 - Woven fabrics characterised by the material, structure or properties of the fibres, filaments, yarns, threads or other warp or weft elements used characterised by the properties of the yarns or threads
88.
OLEFIN HYDROFORMYLATION PROCESSES USING HYDROCARBON SOLVENTS AND FLUORINATED SOLVENTS IN THE PRESENCE OF PHOSPHOLANE-PHOSPHITE LIGANDS
Processes are disclosed for preparing at least one aldehyde under hydroformylation temperature and pressure conditions, comprising contacting at least one olefin with hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of at least one hydrocarbon solvent or fluorinated solvent and a transition metal-based catalyst composition comprising a phospholane-phosphite ligand.
C07C 45/50 - Preparation of compounds having C=O groups bound only to carbon or hydrogen atoms; Preparation of chelates of such compounds by reaction with carbon monoxide by oxo-reactions
B01J 31/18 - Catalysts comprising hydrides, coordination complexes or organic compounds containing coordination complexes containing nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic or antimony
Recycled content monoethylene glycol (r-MEG) is produced using a process and system that applies physical and/or credit-based recycled content from one or more feed materials to the MEG produced from the feed materials. Recycled content diethylene glycol (DEG) can be formed in a similar manner.
C07C 29/149 - Preparation of compounds having hydroxy or O-metal groups bound to a carbon atom not belonging to a six-membered aromatic ring by reduction of an oxygen-containing functional group of C=O containing groups, e.g. —COOH of carboxylic acids or derivatives thereof with hydrogen or hydrogen-containing gases
C07C 67/08 - Preparation of carboxylic acid esters by reacting carboxylic acids or symmetrical anhydrides with the hydroxy or O-metal group of organic compounds
C07C 51/145 - Preparation of carboxylic acids or their salts, halides, or anhydrides by reaction with carbon monoxide with simultaneous oxidation
90.
MELT-PROCESSABLE CELLULOSE ESTER COMPOSITIONS, MELTS AND MELT-FORMED ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM
A melt-processable, plasticized cellulose ester composition is described. The melt-processable, plasticized cellulose ester composition of the present invention includes (i) cellulose ester; (ii) plasticizer; and (iii) a sulfonated isophthalic acid material or salt thereof. Cellulose acetate melts and melt-formed articles are also described.
A melt-processable, plasticized cellulose ester composition is described. The melt-processable, plasticized cellulose ester composition of the present invention includes (i) cellulose ester; (ii) plasticizer; and (iii) a hydrocolloid. Cellulose acetate melts and melt-formed articles are also described.
Stretchable films are disclosed, that include a coating layer comprising the reaction product of: an oligomeric polyester resin wherein the oligomeric polyester resin has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of −15 to 10° C., a hydroxyl equivalent weight of 350 to 500 mgKOH/g; and an aliphatic isocyanate, isocyanurate, allophanate, or biuret. The coating of these films has a fingerprint removal haze under 2, a percent haze removal over 70 percent, an initial scratch/mar over 40% gloss retention, and a recovered scratch/mar over 85% gloss retention as measured by both % gloss retention after 24 hours and % gloss retention at 60° C., as defined herein.
Disclosed is a plasticized cellulose ester composition. The plasticized cellulose ester composition of the present invention includes at least one cellulose ester and a plasticizer system. The plasticizer system includes epoxidized bio-derived oil in an amount of from 2% to 32% by weight based on the total weight of the plasticizer system. Flooring articles with at least one layer formed from the composition are also described.
C08L 91/00 - Compositions of oils, fats or waxes; Compositions of derivatives thereof
C08K 5/11 - Esters; Ether-esters of acyclic polycarboxylic acids
E04F 15/10 - Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements of other materials, e.g. fibrous or chipped materials, organic plastics, magnesite, hardboard
94.
POLYESTERAMIDE COMPOSITIONS FOR METAL PACKAGING COATINGS
This invention relates to polyesteramide compositions that are curable with isocyanates, phenolic resins, amino resins, or a combination thereof. The polyesteramide compositions comprise a cycloaliphatic diol such as 2, 2,4,4- tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol (TMCD). Coating compositions prepared from such polyesteramides are capable of providing a good balance of the desirable coating properties such as solvent resistance and wedge bend resistance for metal packaging applications.
C09D 175/12 - Polyurethanes from compounds containing nitrogen and active hydrogen, the nitrogen atom not being part of an isocyanate group
C09D 175/14 - Polyurethanes having carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
B65D 75/00 - Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
This invention pertains to coating compositions based on a blend of polyester containing 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol (TMCD) and malonic polyester. Coatings based on such polyester blends are capable of providing a good balance of the desirable coating properties, such as solvent resistance, retort resistance, microcracking resistance, and bending ability, for metal packaging applications.
The present invention relates to a process for making unsaturated polyester with high fumarate/maleate ratio. In particular, the process comprises making unsaturated polyester with ethylenically unsaturated compound as one of the starting material followed by isomerization using N,N-dimethylacetoacetamide (DMAA) as the catalyst. The polyester has a fumarate/maleate ratio of 90/10 or greater.
A method of producing synthesis gas is provided. The method includes feeding a waste plastic feedstock into a partial oxidation gasifier. The waste plastic feedstock includes one or more vitrification materials. The method also includes partially oxidizing the waste plastic within the partial oxidation gasifier to produce the synthesis gas.
Regioselectively substituted cellulose esters having a plurality of pivaloyl substituents and a plurality of aryl-acyl substituents are disclosed along with methods for making the same. Such cellulose esters may be suitable for use in films, such as +A optical films, and/or +C optical films. Optical films prepared employing such cellulose esters have a variety of commercial applications, such as, for example, as compensation films in liquid crystal displays and/or waveplates in creating circular polarized light used in 3-D technology.
C08B 3/16 - Preparation of mixed organic cellulose esters
B32B 27/24 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin characterised by the use of special additives using solvents or swelling agents
B32B 27/08 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin of a different kind
B32B 7/12 - Interconnection of layers using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
B32B 27/28 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin comprising copolymers of synthetic resins not wholly covered by any one of the following subgroups
C08L 1/14 - Mixed esters, e.g. cellulose acetate-butyrate
B32B 23/08 - Layered products essentially comprising cellulosic plastic substances comprising such substance as the main or only constituent of a layer, next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin
B32B 27/06 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance
G02F 1/13363 - Birefringent elements, e.g. for optical compensation
99.
WASHABLE CELLULOSE ACETATE FIBER BLENDS FOR THERMAL INSULATION
A fiber blend containing: (a) a cellulose acetate (CA) staple fibers having a denier per filament (DPF) of 3.0 or less; and (b) structural staple fibers having a dpf of 6.0 or more; and (c) optionally binder fibers. The fiber blend can be made into nonwoven webs for heat-bonding and subsequent use as thermal insulation in, e.g., outerwear, bedding, etc. The fiber blend can now contain sustainably derived fibers, optionally biodegradable, that provide good thermal insulation clo values and loft even after multiple wash cycles along with good short term compression recovery.
D01F 2/28 - Monocomponent artificial filaments or the like of cellulose or cellulose derivatives; Manufacture thereof from cellulose derivatives from organic cellulose esters or ethers, e.g. cellulose acetate
D04H 1/4382 - Stretched reticular film fibres; Composite fibres; Mixed fibres; Ultrafine fibres; Fibres for artificial leather
D04H 1/4391 - Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties characterised by the use of certain kinds of fibres insofar as this use has no preponderant influence on the consolidation of the fleece characterised by the shape of the fibres
The present application discloses granules with a solid core that is coated with a cellulosic polymer. The solid core of the granules can be made of a number of active ingredients. The granules can be used in animal feeds to deliver the active ingredients into the intestine of animals for maximum effect.