Abstract: A method of separating an organic solvent which may easily separate and recover an organic solvent from a mixed solution containing the organic solvent, and an organic solvent separation system capable of performing the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the method includes introducing a first mixed solution into a first distillation column to recover an organic solvent and discharge a first fraction containing an unrecovered organic solvent and a high boiling point compound A to a bottom of the column, introducing a second mixed solution into a second distillation column to recover organic solvent and discharge a second fraction containing an unrecovered organic solvent and a high boiling point compound B, and introducing the first fraction and the second fraction into a third distillation column to recover an organic solvent-rich fraction and a high boiling point compound-rich fraction.

Abstract: A method of preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer is provided. The method includes: adding a conjugated diene-based monomer, a catalyst, and a solvent to parallel polymerization reactors, performing a polymerization reaction to prepare a first polymer solution including a first conjugated diene-based polymer; and adding the first polymer solution to a polymerization reactor connected in series to the parallel polymerization reactors, performing the polymerization reaction to prepare a second polymer solution including a second conjugated diene-based polymer. After the polymerization reaction in the series polymerization reactor, gas produced by polymerization heat is condensed in the series polymerization reactor and refluxed to the parallel polymerization reactors, and a reaction temperature of the series polymerization reactor is maintained to be lower than a reaction temperature of the parallel polymerization reactors by 10° C. or more.

Abstract: A method of preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer is provided including: a step of polymerizing a first conjugated diene-based monomer in solution in a first polymerization reactor to prepare a first polymer solution including a first conjugated diene-based polymer; a step of polymerizing a second conjugated diene-based monomer in solution in a second polymerization reactor to prepare a second polymer solution including a second conjugated diene-based polymer; a step of supplying a first fluid separated from the first polymer solution to a first purification unit and purifying the first fluid; and a step of supplying a second fluid separated from the second polymer solution to a second purification unit and purifying the second fluid. An apparatus for preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer is also provided.

Abstract: A method of separating an organic solvent which may easily separate and recover an organic solvent from a mixed solution containing the organic solvent, and an organic solvent separation system capable of performing the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the method includes introducing a first mixed solution into a first distillation column to recover an organic solvent and discharge a first fraction containing an unrecovered organic solvent and a high boiling point compound A to a bottom of the column, introducing a second mixed solution into a second distillation column to recover organic solvent and discharge a second fraction containing an unrecovered organic solvent and a high boiling point compound B, and introducing the first fraction and the second fraction into a third distillation column to recover an organic solvent-rich fraction and a high boiling point compound-rich fraction.

Abstract: A method of preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer is provided. The method includes: adding a conjugated diene-based monomer, a catalyst, and a solvent to parallel polymerization reactors, performing a polymerization reaction to prepare a first polymer solution including a first conjugated diene-based polymer; and adding the first polymer solution to a polymerization reactor connected in series to the parallel polymerization reactors, performing the polymerization reaction to prepare a second polymer solution including a second conjugated diene-based polymer. After the polymerization reaction in the series polymerization reactor, gas produced by polymerization heat is condensed in the series polymerization reactor and refluxed to the parallel polymerization reactors, and a reaction temperature of the series polymerization reactor is maintained to be lower than a reaction temperature of the parallel polymerization reactors by 10° C. or more.

Abstract: A method of preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer is provided including: a step of polymerizing a first conjugated diene-based monomer in solution in a first polymerization reactor to prepare a first polymer solution including a first conjugated diene-based polymer; a step of polymerizing a second conjugated diene-based monomer in solution in a second polymerization reactor to prepare a second polymer solution including a second conjugated diene-based polymer; a step of supplying a first fluid separated from the first polymer solution to a first purification unit and purifying the first fluid; and a step of supplying a second fluid separated from the second polymer solution to a second purification unit and purifying the second fluid. An apparatus for preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a separation method and a separation process system for easily recovering ethanol from an ethanol oligomerization reactant containing unreacted ethanol. A separation method according to the present invention may improve the economics and increase separation efficiency by easily refluxing ethylene while reducing or excluding the use of a reflux system which uses an expensive cooling medium, and the like, and may also improve process efficiency by reducing the amount of heat used by a reboiler.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a separation method and a separation process system for easily recovering ethanol from an ethanol oligomerization reactant containing unreacted ethanol. A separation method according to the present invention may easily reflux ethylene while reducing or excluding the use of a reflux system which uses an expensive cooling medium, and the like, and thus may improve the economics while increasing separation efficiency.

Abstract: Provided is a method of preparing polybutadiene which may improve productivity by minimizing a plugging phenomenon during the preparation of polybutadiene and increasing a conversion rate.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for preparing polybutadiene which may improve productivity by minimizing a plugging phenomenon during the preparation of polybutadiene and increasing a conversion rate.

Abstract: Provided is a method of preparing polybutadiene which may improve productivity by minimizing a plugging phenomenon occurred during the preparation of polybutadiene and increasing a conversion rate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a separation method and a separation process system for easily recovering ethanol from an ethanol oligomerization reactant containing unreacted ethanol. A separation method according to the present invention may easily reflux ethylene while reducing or excluding the use of a reflux system which uses an expensive cooling medium, and the like, and thus may improve the economics while increasing separation efficiency.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for preparing polybutadiene which may improve productivity by minimizing a plugging phenomenon occurred during the preparation of polybutadiene and increasing a conversion rate. The apparatus for preparing polybutadiene includes two first polymerization reactors arranged in parallel to reduce the plugging phenomenon in which butadiene (reaction raw material), a polymerization catalyst, and a solvent are respectively supplied and polymerized, at least one second polymerization reactor arranged in series with the first polymerization reactors in which a first polymerization solution containing a butadiene polymer discharged from the first polymerization reactors is supplied and a butadiene polymerization reaction is performed, and one or more condensers which condense gases discharged from the first polymerization reactors and the second polymerization reactor and supply a condensate to the first polymerization reactors and/or the second polymerization reactor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a separation method and a separation process system for easily recovering ethanol from an ethanol oligomerization reactant containing unreacted ethanol. A separation method according to the present invention may improve the economics and increase separation efficiency by easily refluxing ethylene while reducing or excluding the use of a reflux system which uses an expensive cooling medium, and the like, and may also improve process efficiency by reducing the amount of heat used by a reboiler.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for preparing a polymer latex resin powder in which an efficiency of mixing of steam, a latex, and a coagulant is increased by introducing a non-continuous screw into a reactor that performs coagulation and aging and thus a moisture content of a slurry is decreased and, accordingly, drying efficiency may be enhanced, and a polymer latex resin powder with excellent color and powder characteristics may be prepared using a decreased amount of coagulant and a method of preparing a polymer latex resin powder by using the same.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for preparing a polymer latex resin powder in which an efficiency of mixing of steam, a latex, and a coagulant is increased by introducing a non-continuous screw into a reactor that performs coagulation and aging and thus a moisture content of a slurry is decreased and, accordingly, drying efficiency may be enhanced, and a polymer latex resin powder with excellent color and powder characteristics may be prepared using a decreased amount of coagulant and a method of preparing a polymer latex resin powder by using the same.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes both a main dust separation unit and a secondary dust separation unit. One of the dust separation units is provided on a main body of the vacuum cleaner, and the other dust separation unit is provided on a removable dust collection unit that is mountable on the main body.

Abstract: A dust collection assembly of a vacuum cleaner is provided. The dust collection assembly includes a dust collecting box, a filter, a flow guide unit, an exhaust guider, and an upper cover. The dust collecting box and the flow guide unit are integrally formed in a single body. The dust collecting box includes a first and second dust collecting spaces for collecting foreign objects. The filter is disposed in the inside of the dust collecting space to primarily filter foreign objects during operation of a cyclone. The flow guide unit guides airflow and has small cyclones integrally formed therein, for secondarily filtering the foreign objects in air. The exhaust guider guides airflow and has a plurality of discharge holes through which air filtered by the small cyclone flows. The upper cover is disposed on the upper side of the exhaust guider.

Abstract: A dust collection unit for a vacuum cleaner includes a first filtering chamber filtering foreign objects using a cyclone airflow, a separation plate defining a top surface of the first filtering chamber, a filter having a diameter that is reduced as it goes downward in response to airflow rate variation in the first filtering chamber, and a blocking member provided under the filter to prevent the foreign objects filtered in the first filtering chamber from flying.

Abstract: A dust collection unit for a vacuum cleaner includes a first filtering chamber filtering relatively large foreign objects, a second filtering chamber filtering relatively small foreign objects when air exhausted from the first filtering chamber is introduced into the second filtering chamber, an exhaust member disposed above the filtering chambers to guide airflow, a storing chamber disposed under the filtering chambers to store the foreign objects filtered in the filtering chambers, a sealing member sealing bottoms of the filtering chambers, and a rectifying unit formed on an exhaust side of the second filtering chamber to rectify airflow, thereby reducing noise generated by the airflow.