Powders and granules and process for making such powders and granules

    公开(公告)号:US11028350B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-08

    申请号:US16309339

    申请日:2017-06-01

    申请人: BASF SE

    摘要: Process for making a powder or granule containing at least one chelating agent selected from alkali metal salts of methyl glycine diacetic acid (MGDA) and glutamic acid diacetate (GLDA) and iminodisuccinic acid (IDS), said process comprising the steps of (a) introducing an aqueous solution or aqueous slurry of the respective chelating agent (A) into a spray-dryer or spray-granulator, and removing most of said water by spray-drying or spray granulation using a gas with an inlet temperature of 125 to 250° C., (b) withdrawingpowder or granules, respectively, from the spray-dryer or spray-granulator, respectively, (c) separating off fines from said powder or granules, wherein said fines have a maximum particle diameter of 350 μm, (d) separating off lumps from said powder or granules, wherein said lumps have a particle diameter of 1,500 μm or more, (e) milling said lumps to a maximum particle diameter of 500 μm, (f) re-introducing said fines from step (c) and milled lumps from step (e) into the spray-dryer or spray-granulator, wherein the share of fines is in the range of from 0.5 to 20% by weight of the total chelating agent (A) withdrawn in step (b) and the share of milled lumps is in the range of from 5 to 60% by weight of the total chelating agent (A) withdrawn in step (b).

    Container comprising a detergent composition containing GLDA

    公开(公告)号:US10273438B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-30

    申请号:US15518608

    申请日:2015-10-07

    申请人: BASF SE

    摘要: Container comprising a single unit dose of a detergent composition containing at least one complexing agent (A) dissolved in an aqueous medium, said complexing agent (A) being a mixture of the L- and D-enantiomers of glutamic acid diacetic acid (GLDA) or its respective mono-, di-, tri- or tetraalkali metal salts or its mono-, di-, tri- or tetraammonium salts, said mixture containing predominantly the respective L-isomer with an enantiomeric excess (ee) in the range of from 5 to 90%, wherein said container is made from a polymer.

    Mixtures of chelating agents including an L-enantiomer-rich MGDA, and process for making such mixtures

    公开(公告)号:US10189772B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-29

    申请号:US15554492

    申请日:2016-03-01

    申请人: BASF SE

    摘要: Mixtures comprise (A) 90 to 99.9% by weight of a mixture of L- and D-enantiomers of methyl glycine diacetic acid (MGDA) or its respective mono-, di- or trialkali metal or mono-, di- or triammonium salts, said mixture containing predominantly the respective L-enantiomer with an enantiomeric excess (ee) in the range of from 10 to 99%, and (B) in total 0.1 to 10% by weight of the diacetic acid derivative of at least one amino acid selected from valine, leucine, isoleucine, and tyrosine, as free acids or respective mono-, di- or trialkali metal or mono-, di- or triammonium salts, percentages referring to the sum from (A) and (B).

    Process for manufacturing granules

    公开(公告)号:US10975334B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-13

    申请号:US16060148

    申请日:2016-12-01

    申请人: BASF SE

    摘要: Process for manufacturing granules of at least one alkali metal salt of aminopolycarboxylic acid (A), comprising the steps of (a) providing an aqueous slurry of alkali metal salt of aminopolycarboxylic acid (A), (b) maintaining said aqueous slurry at a temperature in the range of from 50 to 90° C. over a period of time in the range of from 2 to 180 hours, (c) spray granulating said slurry with a gas inlet temperature of at least 150° C.

    Process for manufacturing a complexing agent

    公开(公告)号:US11485703B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-01

    申请号:US16626026

    申请日:2018-06-19

    申请人: BASF SE

    IPC分类号: C07C227/26 C07C229/16

    摘要: The present invention is directed towards a process for manufacturing a complexing agent, said process comprising the steps of (a) Providing a nitrile according to general formula (I a) or (I b) With M being selected from alkali metal and hydrogen and combinations thereof, (b) Saponification with a total alkali amount of 2.5 to 2.9 mol of alkali metal hydroxide per mole of nitrile according to general formula (I a) or (I b), respectively, and a pH value in the range of from 9.5 to 11.5 at the end of step (b), (c) Adding an amount of alkali metal hydroxide so that the total alkali content is 2.9 to 3.15 moles per mole nitrile according to general formula (I a) or (I b), respectively, and (d) Allowing further conversion.

    PROCESS FOR MAKING SOLID METHYLGLYCINE DIACETATE (MGDA) ALKALI METAL SALT, AND SOLID PARTICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20210206712A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-08

    申请号:US17059540

    申请日:2019-05-21

    申请人: BASF SE

    IPC分类号: C07C227/42

    摘要: A process for making solid methylglycine diacetate (MGDA) alkali metal salt (a) includes: (A) providing a 40 to 60% by weight aqueous solution of the MGDA salt having a temperature in the range of from 50 to 90° C., (B) adding solid salt (a), (C) heating the resultant slurry until the salt (a) added in step (B) has dissolved at least partially, (D)allowing salt (a) to crystallize, and (E) removing crystalline salt (a) from the mother liquor.