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WO2020185065 - ELECTROCHEMICAL PRODUCTION OF POLYMERS
A novel process for production of polymers, often with fuels/chemicals as by-products. The invention consists of device design, addition polymerization process, and condensation polymerization process. The device is a mechanical design to continuously remove solid deposit, conductive or not, on electrode surface. Besides overcoming the limitation of electrochemical polymer production where the products blocks the electrode from further operation, the device provides cheaper operation for electrometallurgy to harvest the valuable metals formed on electrode. The novel process allows retrofitting conventional polymer production process by replacing conventional reactor with electrochemical reactor, for low-cost rapid implementation. The novel reactions consist of addition reaction to produce addition polymers; and intermolecular reaction to produce classes of condensation polymers. The clusters of invention enable valuable polymers and chemicals to be produced at low cost for milder conditions and cheaper equipment, while allowing utilization of alternative feedstock especially chemical wastes, for further environmental and economic benefits.

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