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

    Applicant: BASF SE

    Abstract: 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

    Applicant: BASF SE

    Abstract: 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.

    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

    Applicant: BASF SE

    Abstract: 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).

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