IP Library Granted Patent US 6,936,177
Granted Patent B2
US 6,936,177 · App. 10/854,254 · Granted Aug 30, 2005

Method for removing metal from wastewater

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Patent No.
US 6,936,177
App. No.
10/854,254
Granted
Aug 30, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently removing a metal from wastewater formed by subjecting the liquid waste to wet combustion treatment or wet oxidation treatment, said liquid waste resulting from an acrylic acid production process. Provided is a method for removing a metal from wastewater formed by subjecting at least a part of liquid waste to wet combustion treatment or wet oxidation treatment, said liquid waste resulting from an acrylic acid production process involving the steps of forming acrylic acid through catalytic vapor phase oxidation of at least one of propane, propylene, and acrolein, and purifying the acrylic acid through distillation, wherein the method comprises the steps of: (a) removing a solid content from the wastewater; (b) removing carbonate ions and carbonate salts from the treated liquid obtained by the step (a); and (c) removing a metal from the treated liquid from the step (b).

Claims (7)

1. A method for removing metals including copper and molybdenum from wastewater formed by subjecting at least a part of liquid waste to wet combustion treatment or wet oxidation treatment, said liquid waste resulting from an acrylic acid production process involving the steps of forming acrylic acid through catalytic vapor phase oxidation of at least one of propane, propylene, and acrolein, and purifying the acrylic acid through distillation,

wherein the method comprises the steps of:

(a) removing a solid content containing copper from the wastewater to obtain a treated liquid;

(b) adding an acid and removing carbonate ions and carbonate salts from the treated liquid obtained by the step (a); and

(c) adding a precipitating agent and removing molybdenum from the treated liquid obtained by the step (b).

2. The method for removing metals from wastewater from acrylic acid production according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises the step of removing copper between the step (a) and the step (b).

3. The method for removing metals from wastewater from acrylic acid production according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises the step of removing copper between the step (b) and the step (c).

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 5, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043750/0834 →
MERGER Recorded Sep 4, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043750/0207 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2004
From: YADA, SHUHEI; TAKASAKI, KENJI; OGAWA, YASUSHI; SUZUKI, YOSHIRO
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015388/0645 →