Industrial examples solvents

Industrial examples of phase-transfer catalysis are numerous and growing rapidly they include polymerisa tion, substitution, condensation, and oxidation reactions. The processing advantages, besides the acceleration of the reaction, include mild reaction conditions, relatively simple process flow diagrams, and flexibiHty in the choice of solvents. 

With the technical development achieved in the last 30 years, pressure has become a common variable in several chemical and biochemical laboratories. In addition to temperature, concentration, pH, solvent, ionic strength, etc., it helps provide a better understanding of structures and reactions in chemical, biochemical, catalytic-mechanistic studies and industrial applications. Two of the first industrial examples of the effect of pressure on reactions are the Haber process for the synthesis of ammonia and the conversion of carbon to diamond. The production of NH3 and synthetic diamonds illustrate completely different fields of use of high pressures the first application concerns reactions involving pressurized gases and the second deals with the effect of very high hydrostatic pressure on chemical reactions. High pressure analytical techniques have been developed for the majority of the physicochemical methods (spectroscopies e. g. NMR, IR, UV-visible and electrochemistry, flow methods, etc.). 

In addition to the applications in extractive distillation referred to above, there are other industrial examples where electrolytes in mixed solvents occur. In many industrial situations nonvolatile electrolytes are either added to effect the separation of multicomponent process streams (e.g., the complexing agents added to enhance distribution coefficients in solvent extraction) or are present as a result of the process itself. Ex-... 

Chloroform is a common industrial organic solvent that can be a hepatotoxicant or a nephrotoxicant in both humans and animals. As a nephrotoxicant it is both species and gender dependent. For example, following chloroform administration male mice develop primarily kidney necrosis whereas female develop liver necrosis. 

In the textile industry, a product applied to fibres or fabrics to remove stains. Example solvents formulated to contain surfactants such as alkylsulfates. 

Attempts should be made to use alternate solvents for industrial processes. Solvents that pose and cause the most serious risk to human health should be replaced by less hazardous ones. If this is not possible, at least the work conditions and exposure to solvents should be adjusted to avoid or minimize the health risk. This may be achieved, for example, by using a closed process. Among solvents, the most hazardous ones identified are benzene, carbon disulfide, and carbon tetrachloride. 

The range of homogeneous reactions that has been transposed into ILs is probably wider than into SCCO2 or perfluorinated solvents due to the great versatility of ILs. However, most of these reactions are limited to laboratory- or bench-scale with just a few examples of pilot-scale. A relevant industrial example is the Difasol process, which can be seen as an extension of the Dimersol family of processes developed by IFP [94] ... 

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Enzymes have been used for biocatalysis in organic solvents since the early 1980s, and in ILs since 2000 [17]. As biological catalysts, enzymes accelerate reactions but do not affect the equilibrium distribution. Hence, hydrolytic enzymes that, as an example, under normal circumstances in aqueous solutions hydrolyze esters and amides, will, when placed in water-free conditions, also catalyze the reverse reaction, the condensation of an acid with an alcohol or an amine, to give esters and amides, respectively. Further, under water-free conditions hydrolytic enzymes can accept alternative nucleophiles to catalyze reactions such as transesterifications. An important industrial example of this is the lipase-catalyzed transesterification of triglycerides to obtain fats with a desired melting point [18]. 

To calculate the emissions associated with cleaning a spray gun it is recommended that a material balance around a unit operation system be considered. Several examples are provided in the Alternative Control Techniques (ACT) document on industrial cleaning solvents. ... 

Rotogravure printing is an example of a process industry wifli solvent exposures. The process is, in principle, closed but emissions take place from the openings for the paper web. The workers do not need to stay in the immediate vieinity of the emission sources but can... 

An industrial example of the use of chloroaluminate ionic liquids in aUcene catalysts is the recent development of the IFF Difasol process which is widely used industrially for aUcene dimerization (typically propene and butanes). It was observed by Chauvin and coworkers that chloroaluminate(III) ionic liquids would be good solvents for the nickel catalyst used in the reaction, and discovered that by using a ternary ionic liquid system ([C4-mim]Cl-AlCl3-EtAlCl2) it was possible to form the active catalyst Irom aNiCl2L2 precursor and that, the ionic liquid solvent stabilized the active nickel species. 

The limits of flammability are defined as the minimum concentration and maximum conceutration in air that can be ignited. For example, methyl ethyl ketone will not ignite below 1.8 percent or above 11.5 percent when mixed with air. For some industrial operations, solvent vapors are held below 25 percent of the lower limit. Nitrogen purge cau be used to preveut fire hazards in some situations, such as in closed processing systans. 

An excellent example of field testing in conjunction with laboratory testing to solve a heat exchemger corrosion problem in an industrial chlorinated solvent incinerator is described in Ref 49. A corrosion rack containing three... 

KYNAR fluoropolymer-based heat-shrinkable tubing is another example of an early commercial application. These non-burning, rigid sleeves offer resistance to most industrial fuels, solvents, and chemicals and are designed for applications requiring high mechanical strength up to temperatures of... 

Examples of toxic air pollutants include benzene, which is found in gasohne perchlorethlyene, which is emitted from some dry cleaning facilities and methylene chloride, which is used as a solvent and paint stripper by a number of industries. Examples of other listed air toxics include dioxin, asbestos, toluene, and metals such as cadmimn, mercury, chromium, and lead compounds. The majority of the HAPs are volatile organic compounds (VOCs). 

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