Water diluted cumene hydroperoxide solutions
View Patent ↗The present invention provides for the use of water, rather than cumene, as a more environmentally acceptable diluent for purified cumene hydroperoxide (CHP) solutions. From 1 to about 6 weight percent water can be used to dilute purified CHP solutions, thus reducing or eliminating the use of a hazardous compound, cumene, as a diluent. The method and CHP-water solutions of the present invention should significantly reduce or eliminate the hazardous emissions problems encountered with the use of cumene as a diluent and make CHP solutions more environmentally acceptable to produce, transport and use. Water as a diluent also depresses the freezing point of the resultant solution, thereby permitting year-round use of higher concentration CHP solutions. Water diluted CHP solutions will also reduce cumene-related impurities in finished products made therefrom.
1. A method of reducing hazardous emissions from a purified cumene hydroperoxide (CHP) solution, said method comprising diluting said purified CHP solution with x weight percent water to produce a mixture;
wherein 1≦x≦6.
2. The method of claim 1 further including mixing said CHP-water mixture.
3. The method of claim 1 further including transporting said CHP-water mixture.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein 2≦x≦3.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said purified CHP solution is at least 80% CHP.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said purified CHP solution is at least 88% CHP.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said purified CHP solution is at least 90% CHP.
8. A method of depressing the freezing point of a purified cumene hydroperoxide (CHP) solution, said method comprising diluting said purified CHP solution with x weight percent water to produce a CHP mixture;
wherein 1≦x≦4.
9. The method of claim 8 further including mixing said CHP-water mixture.
10. The method of claim 8 further including transporting said CHP-water mixture.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein 2≦x≦3.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein said purified CHP solution is at least 80% CHP.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein said purified CHP solution is at least 88% CHP.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein said purified CHP solution is at least 90% CHP.