PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF VINYLAROMATIC POLYMERS

    公开(公告)号:US20240317906A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18575083

    申请日:2022-06-28

    申请人: VERSALIS S.P.A.

    IPC分类号: C08F12/08

    CPC分类号: C08F12/08

    摘要: Continuous mass polymerisation process for the preparation of vinyl aromatic polymers includes:



    continuously feeding at least one vinyl aromatic monomer and at least one radical initiator to a mixing device, obtaining a reaction mixture;
    feeding the reaction mixture to a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR) and in liquid phase leaving the CSTR to at least one Plug Flow Reactor (PFR);
    recycling, to the mixing device, a fraction of the reaction mixture in liquid phase leaving the at least one PFR, the fraction between 25% and 50% by mass with respect to total mass of reaction mixture in liquid phase leaving the at least one PFR;
    feeding the remaining fraction of the reaction mixture in liquid phase leaving the at least one PFR, to a devolatilisation system; and
    feeding the polymer leaving the devolatilisation system or additive system, to a granulation system and recovering the polymer.

    METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF AMIDINES
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240158407A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-16

    申请号:US18549406

    申请日:2022-03-03

    申请人: VERSALIS S.P.A.

    IPC分类号: C07D487/04

    CPC分类号: C07D487/04

    摘要: A method for the preparation of amidines or their derivatives, includes the following step



    synthesis of nitrile lactams by reaction between a lactam and an α-β unsaturated nitrile;
    synthesis of N-(aminoalkyl) lactams by reducing the nitrile lactams;
    and synthesis of amidines by dehydrating the N-(aminoalkyl) lactams.

    Process for producing dienes
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11851385B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-26

    申请号:US17787754

    申请日:2020-12-18

    申请人: VERSALIS S.P.A.

    IPC分类号: C07C1/24

    摘要: A process for producing a diene, preferably a conjugated diene, more preferably 1,3-butadiene, includes the steps of dehydrating at least one alkenol in the presence of at least one catalytic material having at least one acid catalyst based on silica (SiO2) and alumina (Al2O3), preferably a silica-alumina (SiO2—Al2O3), the catalyst having an alumina content (Al2O3) lower than or equal to 12% by weight, preferably between 0.1% by weight and 10% by weight, with respect to the catalyst total weight. The alumina content is referred to the catalyst total weight without binder, and a pore modal diameter between 9 nm and 170 nm, preferably between 10 nm and 150 nm, still more preferably between 12 nm and 120 nm.
    Preferably, the alkenol is obtainable directly from biosynthetic processes, or catalytic dehydration processes of at least one diol, preferably a butanediol, more preferably 1,3-butanediol, still more preferably bio-1,3-butanediol, deriving from biosynthetic processes.

    PROCESS FOR PRODUCING DIENES
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230085074A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17787754

    申请日:2020-12-18

    申请人: VERSALIS S.P.A.

    IPC分类号: C07C1/24

    摘要: A process for producing a diene, preferably a conjugated diene, more preferably 1,3-butadiene, includes the steps of dehydrating at least one alkenol in the presence of at least one catalytic material having at least one acid catalyst based on silica (SiO2) and alumina (Al2O3), preferably a silica-alumina (SiO2—Al2O3), the catalyst having an alumina content (Al2O3) lower than or equal to 12% by weight, preferably between 0.1% by weight and 10% by weight, with respect to the catalyst total weight. The alumina content is referred to the catalyst total weight without binder, and a pore modal diameter between 9 nm and 170 nm, preferably between 10 nm and 150 nm, still more preferably between 12 nm and 120 nm. Preferably, the alkenol is obtainable directly from biosynthetic processes, or catalytic dehydration processes of at least one diol, preferably a butanediol, more preferably 1,3-butanediol, still more preferably bio-1,3-butanediol, deriving from biosynthetic processes.

    Process for producing dienes
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11498887B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-15

    申请号:US16339186

    申请日:2017-10-18

    申请人: Versalis S.P.A.

    摘要: The present invention relates to a process for producing a diene, preferably a conjugated diene, more preferably 1,3-butadiene, comprising the dehydration of at least one alkenol having a number of carbon atoms greater than or equal to 4, in the presence of a catalytic material comprising at least one crystalline metalosilicate in acid form, preferably a macroporous zeolite, more preferably a zeolite with a FAU, BEA or MTW structure. Preferably, said alkenol having a number of carbon atoms greater than or equal to 4 may be obbtained directly through biosynthetic processes, or through catalytic dehydration processes of at least one diol. When said alkenol is a butenol, said diol is preferably a butanediol, more preferably 1,3-butanediol, even more preferably bio-1,3-butanediol, i.e. 1,3-butanediol deriving from biosynthetic processes. When said alkenol is 1,3-butanediol, or bio-1,3-butanediol, the diene obtained with the process according to the present invention is, respectively, 1,3-butadiene, or bio-1,3-butadiene.

    Process for propagating a yeast capable to ferment glucose and xylose

    公开(公告)号:US11085017B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-10

    申请号:US16077581

    申请日:2017-02-20

    申请人: Versalis S.p.A.

    发明人: Fabio Sabbatini

    摘要: It is disclosed a process for propagating a yeast capable to ferment glucose and xylose of a lignocellulosic feedstock hydrolyzate, said process comprising propagating the yeast over at least two propagation cycles. The first propagation cycle comprises the steps of: contacting the yeast at a starting yeast density with a first cultivation medium comprising a first portion of the lignocellulosic feedstock hydrolyzate; and allowing the yeast to propagate to create a first populated broth comprising water and a first propagated yeast, wherein at least 50% of the glucose and less than 20% of the xylose in the first cultivation medium are consumed in the first propagation cycle. The second cycle comprises the steps of: separating the first populated broth in at least a first removed portion and a first residual portion, wherein both the first residual portion and the first removed portion comprise some of the first propagated yeast; contacting the first residual portion with a second cultivation medium comprising a second portion of the lignocellulosic feedstock hydrolyzate; and allowing the yeast to propagate to create a second populated broth comprising water and a second propagated yeast, wherein at least 50% of the glucose and less than 20% of the xylose in the second cultivation medium are consumed in the second propagation cycle.

    Expandable vinyl aromatic composition containing functionalized ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer

    公开(公告)号:US10920033B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-16

    申请号:US16314047

    申请日:2017-07-28

    申请人: Versalis S.p.A.

    摘要: The present invention relates to polymeric compositions that can be used for producing packaging with dynamic cushioning, with a pleasant touch, with reduced abrasive power, in which the expanded particles constituting the packaging adhere well to one another and do not come detached during use. Said compositions comprise: a) from 70% to 90% by weight of a vinyl aromatic polymer and/or copolymer, calculated with respect to (a)+(b); b) from 10% to 30% by weight of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) containing a percentage that ranges from 10% to 30% by weight of vinyl acetate, calculated with respect to (a)+(b); c) from 3 to 10 parts by weight of a blowing agent, calculated on 100 parts of component a) added to component b); said copolymer (b) being distributed in the polymer (a) in the form of particles having an average volumetric diameter ranging from 1 nm to 2000 nm. The compositions described and claimed do not include styrene-butadiene or styrene-isoprene block copolymers, hydrogenated or non-hydrogenated; thermoplastic polyurethanes, polystyrene-butadiene grafted polymers or styrene core-shell polymers.