Patents Assigned to Rutgerwerke Aktiengesellschaft
  • Patent number: 4827050
    Abstract: Coal tar oil is separated quantitatively into neutral oil, phenols and bases by a two stage extraction with overcritical gases. Carbon dioxide is employed as an overcritical extraction agent, and propane or butane are preferably added as entrainers. The neutral oil is obtained in the first stage. Tar bases can be employed as an additional entrainer for improving the selectivity. The bases are extracted in the second stage. The method is associated with the advantage that it saves energy and that no byproducts are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Assignee: Rutgerwerke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Siegfried Peter, Marc Seekamp, Herbert Beneke, Jurgen Stadelhofer