摘要:
A process for producing a water absorbent resin is provided with which it is possible to efficiently and inexpensively obtain a surface-crosslinked water-absorbing resin having excellent material properties, while ensuring high productivity. In continuous production scaled up to a large scale (in particular, 1 t/hr or more), the physical properties are improved and stabilized (for example, a reduction in standard deviation of the physical properties) by a surface crosslinking treatment to further improve absorption against pressure (AAP) and saline flow conductivity (SFC). The process for producing a polyacrylic acid (salt)-type water absorbent resin includes a surface treatment step in which after addition of a surface-crosslinking agent, a crosslinking reaction is conducted in a transverse type continuous stirring apparatus having stirring means including a feeding inlet and a discharging outlet of a water absorbent resin and one or more rotary shafts having with a plurality of stirring discs, and heating means, at a stirring-power index of the device of 3-15 W·hr/kg. (Stirring-power index)=((power consumption of apparatus at the time surface treatment)−(power consumption at the time of idling))×average retention time)/(treatment amount per unit time×average retention time)
摘要:
Provided is a production method for the particulate water-absorbing agent, which can collecting the fine powders generated during the producing process efficiently without worsening working environment, and also the particulate water-absorbing agent produced by the production method thereof. This production method includes (1) a polymerization step for obtaining a polymer gel, (2) a drying step for drying said polymer gel to obtain a particulate water-absorbing resin, (3) a classification step for sieving said particulate water-absorbing resin, (4) a surface cross-linking step for cross-linking the neighborhood of the surface of said particulate water-absorbing resin (5) a packaging step for filling a packaging material container with said particulate water-absorbing agent for packaging and (6) a transportation step for transporting the products produced in each of the steps to the other steps. In this production method, the fine powders contained in gas composed principally of air, in any of the steps, can be collected by use of a trapping material.