Process for manufacturing particulate detergent composition directly from in situ produced anionic detergent salt

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A particulate detergent composition, such as one comprising sodium linear higher alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) and bentonite, is made directly from anionic synthetic organic detergent acid by neutralizing such acid with a neutralizing agent, such as aqueous sodium hydroxide solution in a reaction vessel and directly discharging the neutralized detergent salt from the reaction vessel into an absorption zone wherein globules of the anionic detergent salt in aqueous, solution or dispersion, and particulate solid carrier particles are rapidly circulated and repeatedly brought into contact with one another to produce detergent salt - carrier composition particles or agglomerates. In preferred …