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Fractionation to remove a high-boiling material and a dissolved substance

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7119796
An improved method is described of simultaneously removing high-boiling materials and a volatile dissolved substance, such as oxygen, from a hydrocarbon stream as is performed in feed preparation columns. About 25 to 75 percent of the feed stream is vaporized in a flash zone, and the vapor stream from the flash zone is combined with the overhead vapor stream of a fractionation column. The liquid remaining after the flash operation is passed into a lower intermediate point of the fractionation column. The high-boiling materials are removed at the bottom of the column, and the product stream is removed from the fractionation column at a higher intermediate point. 5 claims, 1 figure.
Assignee:
Universal Oil Products Co.
Patent Number(s):
US 4008150
OSTI ID:
7119796
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English