Process for recovery of amine from spent acid stripping liquor

摘要

Disclosed is a process for recovering a virtually water-free amine from an amine acid salt thereof. The process comprises a unique combination of phase separation stages practiced under mild heating and distillation stages. An amine product containing less than 0.2% water can be achieved by the present process. The feedstock for the process suitably is an acid scrub liquor used to scrub amine from a vapor stream thereof which has been used in a cold-box molding process in the foundry industry or in the cure of vapor permeation curable coatings in the coatings industry.