Installation and device for the distillation and depolymerization of liquid or liquefiable hydrocarbons

Patent · Tue Feb 19 04:00:00 EST 1929

OSTI ID:7117333

Seigle, A A.F.M.

An installation for the distillation and depolymerization of liquid hydrocarbons comprises a vertical retort provided with a central heating conduit and a passage for the hydrocarbons formed of a series of annular chambers surrounding the central conduit and arranged to cause the hydrocarbons to traverse the passage in alternately opposite directions, heating means disposed at the upper end of the central conduit; means for supplying, at a pressure substantially equal to the atmospheric pressure, the hydrocarbons to be treated to the lower end of the passage; a number of superimposed expander-coolers, the lower expander-cooler being disposed above the vertical retort; means for connecting the upper end of the passage to the lower expander-cooler; means for connecting the expander-coolers to each other, a final cooling and condensing apparatus; and means for connecting the upper expander-cooler to the final cooling and condensing apparatus.

• Assignee: TIC; EDB-77-079516
• Patent Number(s): None
• OSTI ID: 7117333
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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