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Granted Patent B2
US 10,308,905 · App. 14/898,621 · Granted Jun 4, 2019

Method of removing phenols from a liquid

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Patent No.
US 10,308,905
App. No.
14/898,621
Granted
Jun 4, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of removing a phenol contaminant from a beer or wine comprising contacting the beer or wine with a surface comprising a phenol contaminant effective removing amount of a poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone).

Claims (15)

1. A method of removing a phenol contaminant from a beer or wine comprising contacting the beer or wine with a beverage container having a potably acceptable surface comprising a composite of a cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVPP) and a matrix.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the composite comprises about 1% to about 99% of cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVPP) by weight of the total composite composition.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the surface comprises a material selected from the group consisting of a metal, a metal alloy, a glass, aluminum, an aluminum alloy, a steel, a plastic, and a combination thereof.

4. The method according to claim 3 wherein the aluminum is coated with the composite of cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVPP) and a matrix.

5. The method according to claim 3 wherein the glass is coated with the composite of cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVPP) and a matrix.

6. A method of preparing the composite of claim 5 comprising mixing the matrix and the PVPP (cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone) above the glass transition temperature of the matrix and/or the PVPP.

7. The method according to claim 6 wherein the mixing is in a screw extruder.

8. The method according to claim 6 wherein the process further comprises an injection molding or blow molding process.

9. The method according to claim 3 wherein the surface is a monolayer or multilayer.

10. The method according to claim 1 wherein the phenol contaminant is selected from the group consisting of a phenol monomer and a phenol polymer.

11. The method according to claim 10 wherein the phenol polymer comprises from 2 to 10000 monomeric units.

12. The method according to claim 1 wherein the matrix is selected from the group consisting of a base polymer, a glass, a plastic, a resin and a combination thereof.

13. The method according to claim 12 wherein the base polymer is selected from the group consisting of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), high density polyethylene, (HDPE), low density polyethylene (LDPE), polypropylene, polystyrene, polycarbonate, styrene-butadiene copolymers, poly(ethylene 2,6-naphthalene-2,6-dicarboxylate), and a combinations thereof.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the resin is selected from the group consisting of epoxy, acrylic and its copolymer, nylon, polybutylene, ethylene-maleic acid copolymer, and polypropylene.

15. The method according to claim 14 wherein the epoxy resin is epoxy resin comprising a bisphenol.