SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING LIQUID PRODUCT YIELD OR QUALITY FROM DISTILLATION UNITS

• Main Authors: DEGNAN, THOMAS, FRANCIS, HANKS, PATRICK, LORING, DAAGE, MICHEL, GRAZIANI, KENNETH, R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 05.11.2015
• Subjects: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; FUELS; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; LUBRICANTS; METALLURGY; MINERAL WAXES; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; PEAT; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVEHYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, ORGASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

Methods and systems are provided for improving liquid product quality or yield from atmospheric or vacuum distillation unit by subjecting fractionated streams from such distillation units to hydrodynamic cavitation. L'invention concerne des procédés et des systèmes permettant d'améliorer la qualité ou le rendement d'un produit liquide provenant d'une unité de distillation atmosphérique ou sous vide, en soumettant des flux fractionnés provenant de ces unités de distillation à une cavitation hydrodynamique.