New patent application published for: SOLID COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE ORGANIC CHEMICAL COMPOUND AND AT LEAST ONE CERAMIC OXIDE

SOLID COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE ORGANIC CHEMICAL COMPOUND AND AT LEAST ONE CERAMIC OXIDE

Claims

1. A solid composition comprising at least one organic chemical compound (A), comprising at least one heteroatom selected from N, O, and S, and at least one ceramic oxide (B), obtainable by spray-drying or spray-granulation, including the steps of (i) providing an aqueous solution or slurry of at least one compound (A), and (ii) optionally, adding at least one ceramic oxide (B) to said slurry or solution, (iii) removing most of the water by spray-drying or spray-granulation, and (iv) optionally, coating the resulting solid particles with a slurry of (B) in water or in aqueous solution or slurry of at least one compound (A), wherein at least one ceramic oxide is added to the composition in at least one of steps (ii) and (iv).
2. The solid composition according to claim 1, wherein the organic chemical compound (A) is selected from compounds suitable for a detergent formulation or commonly used in a detergent formulation.
3. (canceled)
4. The solid composition according to claim 1, wherein the organic chemical compound (A) is biodegradable, wherein said organic chemical compound (A) demonstrates at least 20% biodegradability according to standard OECD 301F within 56 days, and/or biobased.
5. The solid composition according to claim 1, wherein the organic chemical compound (A) is selected from anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, non-ionic surfactants, polymers, enzymes, builders or chelating agents.
6. The solid composition according to claim 1, wherein the organic chemical compound (A) is selected from aminocarboxylates, optionally selected from MGDA, GLDA, IDS, and EDDS.
7. The solid composition according to claim 1, wherein the organic chemical compound (A) is selected from biobased and/or biodegradable polymers, optionally selected from polyamides, polyesters, polysaccharides and polyaspartic acid.
8. The solid composition according to claim 1, wherein the ceramic oxide (B) is selected from the group consisting of Al2O3, TiO2, CeO2 and ZrO2.
9. The solid composition according to claim 1, wherein the ceramic oxide (B) is TiO2.
10. The solid composition according to claim 1, wherein the composition contains ceramic oxide (B) in an amount of at least 0.01 weight %, referring to the total weight of the organic chemical compounds (A), and optionally not more than 10 weight %.
11. The solid composition according to claim 1, wherein the composition has a moisture content of less than 30 wt %, relative to the total weight of the solid composition.
12. The solid composition according to claim 1, wherein less than 1% by weight of the ceramic oxide particles contained in the composition have a diameter of less than 10 μm, as determined by sieving analysis as defined in German industry norms DIN 66165-1 and 66165-2, using a sieve with apertures of 10 μm.
13. A process for manufacturing a solid composition according to claim 1, comprising the steps of (i) providing an aqueous solution or slurry of at least one organic chemical compound (A), comprising at least one heteroatom selected from N, O, and S, (ii) optionally, adding at least one ceramic oxide (B) to said slurry or solution, (iii) removing most of the water by spray-drying or spray-granulation, and (iv) optionally, coating the resulting solid particles with a slurry of (B) in water or in aqueous solution or slurry of at least one compound (A), wherein at least one ceramic oxide is added to the composition in at least one of steps (ii) and (iv).
14. The process according to claim 13, wherein the organic chemical compound (A) is selected from compounds suitable for a detergent formulation or commonly used in a detergent formulation.
15. (canceled)
16. The process according to claim 13, wherein the organic chemical compound (A) is biodegradable, wherein said organic chemical compound (A) demonstrates at least 20% biodegradability according to standard OECD 301F within 56 days, and/or biobased.
17. The process according to claim 13, wherein the organic chemical compound (A) is selected from anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, non-ionic surfactants, polymers, builders or chelating agents.
18. The process according to claim 13, wherein the organic chemical compound (A) is selected from aminocarboxylates, optionally selected from MGDA, GLDA, IDS, and EDDS.
19. The process according to claim 13, wherein the ceramic oxide (B) is selected from the group consisting of Al2O3, TiO2, CeO2, and ZrO2.
20. The process according to claim 13, wherein the ceramic oxide (B) is TiO2.
21. The process according to claim 13, wherein the spray-drying or spray-granulation is done at a bed temperature of 40° to 150 °C and/or at a pressure in the range of from 850 mbar abs to 1200 mbar abs.
22. The process according to claim 13, wherein spray-drying or spray-granulation is done with a sieving and milling circuit after step (iii) and/or (iv) which removes particles with a size of less than 50 micrometers, as determined by sieving analysis as defined in German industry norms DIN 66165-1 and 66165-2, and re-introduces them into the spray-drying or spray-granulation process.
23. The process according to claim 13, wherein the resulting composition has a moisture content of less than 30 wt %, relative to the total weight of the solid composition.
24. (canceled)