Patents Assigned to Westlake Monomers Corporation
  • Apparatus for quenching a gas stream in the production of vinyl chloride monomer
    Patent number: 5558746
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for quenching a gas stream in the production of vinyl chloride monomer includes the use of a knock back condenser and a plurality of column fractional distillation trays disposed within the quench column, and a liquid stream of 1,2-dichloroethane, vinyl chloride, and hydrogen chloride may be removed from the bottom column fractional distillation tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Westlake Monomers Corporation
    Inventor: James E. Best
  • Method for quenching a gas stream in the production of vinyl chloride monomer
    Patent number: 5507921
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for quenching a gas stream in the production of vinyl chloride monomer includes the use of a knock back condenser and a plurality of column fractional distillation trays disposed within the quench column, and a liquid stream of 1,2-dichloroethane, vinyl chloride, and hydrogen chloride may be removed from the bottom column fractional distillation tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: Westlake Monomers Corporation
    Inventor: James E. Best