US Patent 6159345 - A Method and Apparatus for Recovering and/or Recycling Solvents

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Grune, Guerry

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Frick, Gregory A

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Marsh, Kenneth L

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Donnelly, John C

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2023-08-22T18:03:25Z

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2023-08-22T18:03:25Z

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2000-12-12

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2023-08-22T18:03:24Z

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A method and apparatus for recycling and recovering potentially explosive solvents includes providing a contaminated solvent to a distillation tank, vaporizing the solvent in the distillation tank, thereby producing solvent vapor, condensing the solvent vapor, and adding a free radical scavenger substance to the distillation tank during the heating step. The vapor is then condensed and collected in a clean solvent tank where additional free radical scavenger substance is added to the clean solvent tank. Preferably, contaminated solvent is introduced into the solvent recovery system by providing contaminated solvent into contaminated solvent tank which is connected to the distillation tank, and an oxygen displacer substance is provided to the contaminated solvent tank and the clean solvent tank so as to minimize the amount of free oxygen in the tanks.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/28739

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United States Patent and Trademark Office

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US Patent 6159345 - A Method and Apparatus for Recovering and/or Recycling Solvents

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Digital publication

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Duke

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Pratt School of Engineering

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