PROCESSES FOR RECOVERING DIALKYL TEREPHTHALATES FROM POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS

    公开(公告)号:WO2023076212A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:PCT/US2022/047650

    申请日:2022-10-25

    Abstract: Processes for recovering dialkyl terephthalates. The processes can include exposing a polyester composition to one or more glycols to depolymerization conditions thereby providing one or more depolymerization products. The one or more glycols can include diethylene glycol (DEG), triethylene glycol (TEG), 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM), poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), neopentyl glycol (NPG), propane diol (PDO), butanediol (BDO), 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol (MP diol), poly(tetramethylene ether)glycol (PTMG), or a combination thereof. The one or more depolymerization products can be exposed to an alcoholysis process to recover dialkyl terephthalate. Optionally, ethylene glycol (EG) produced from the depolymerization process can be recovered and re-used in a subsequent dialkyl terephthalate recovery or other process.

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