Abstract:
TO PRODUCE MELAMINE, UREA AND/OR ITS THERMAL DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS ARE REACTED AT 220* TO 400*C. IN CONTACT WITH AN ALUMINUM OXIDE HAVING A LARGE SURFACE AREA IN THE PRESENCE OF AMMONIA. THE ALUMINUM OXIDE USED HAS BEEN OBTAINED BY TREATMENT OF HYDROXIDES OF ALUMINUM (WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY CALCINED) WITH UREA AND/OR ITS THERMAL DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS AT TEMPERATURES OF FROM 150* TO 400*C. THE AVERAGE OF ALUMINUM OXIDE ACTIVATED IN THIS MANNER OVER ALUMINUM OXIDE OBTAINED BY CALCINING ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE CONSIST IN INCREASED UREA CONVERSION AND GREATER ATTRITION RESISTANCE.
Abstract:
Rapid dehydration of crude oils containing salt water by addition of minor amounts of polyalkylene polyamines having at least fifty recurring ethylene imine or propylene imine units, the said polyalkylene polyamine being completely alkoxylated at the nitrogen atom with from 10 to 300 moles of ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide. Using these compounds it is possible to effect dehydration, in an economical manner, of crude oils containing up to relatively large percentages of high molecular weight hydrocarbons.
Abstract:
TO SEPARATE AMMONIA FROM OFFGAS OBTAINED IN THE SYNTHESIS OF MELAMINE FROM UREA, THE OFFGAS, AFTER MELAMINE HAS BEEN SEPARATED, IS TREATED WITH A MELT WHICH CONTAINS AMMONIUM NITRATE AND/OR AMMONIUM THIOCYANATE AND/OR UREA. TEMPERATURES WHICH ARE BETWEEN THE BOILING POINT OF AMMONIA AND THE DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE OF AMMONIUM CARBAMATE ARE MAINTAINED IN THE TREATMENT.