Low capital implementation of distributed distillation in ethylene recovery
Abstract
An apparatus for recovering ethylene from a hydrocarbon feed stream, where the apparatus is a single distillation column pressure shell encasing an upper region and a lower region. The upper region houses an ethylene distributor rectifying section and the lower region houses a C2 distributor section and an ethylene distributor stripping section. Vapor passes from the lower region into the upper region, and liquid passes from the upper region to the lower region. The process for recovering the ethylene is also disclosed. The hydrocarbon feed stream is introduced into the C2 distributor section, and after a series of stripping and refluxing steps, distinct hydrocarbon products are recovered from the C2 distributor section, the ethylene distributor stripping section, and the ethylene distributor rectifying section, respectively.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- BP Corporation North America Inc., Warrenville, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1175969
- Patent Number(s):
- 7129387
- Application Number:
- 10/393,029
- Assignee:
- BP Corporation North America Inc. (Warrenville, IL)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY C07C - ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC07-01ID14090
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Reyneke, Rian, Foral, Michael J., and Lee, Guang-Chung. Low capital implementation of distributed distillation in ethylene recovery. United States: N. p., 2006.
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Reyneke, Rian, Foral, Michael J., & Lee, Guang-Chung. Low capital implementation of distributed distillation in ethylene recovery. United States.
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"Low capital implementation of distributed distillation in ethylene recovery". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1175969.
@article{osti_1175969,
title = {Low capital implementation of distributed distillation in ethylene recovery},
author = {Reyneke, Rian and Foral, Michael J. and Lee, Guang-Chung},
abstractNote = {An apparatus for recovering ethylene from a hydrocarbon feed stream, where the apparatus is a single distillation column pressure shell encasing an upper region and a lower region. The upper region houses an ethylene distributor rectifying section and the lower region houses a C2 distributor section and an ethylene distributor stripping section. Vapor passes from the lower region into the upper region, and liquid passes from the upper region to the lower region. The process for recovering the ethylene is also disclosed. The hydrocarbon feed stream is introduced into the C2 distributor section, and after a series of stripping and refluxing steps, distinct hydrocarbon products are recovered from the C2 distributor section, the ethylene distributor stripping section, and the ethylene distributor rectifying section, respectively.},
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