Patent · US Expired

Desiccant bed on hydrocarbon charged to and removed from underground (salt) cavern

US4592677A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 21, 1984
Grant dateJun 3, 1986
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Expiry dateMar 21, 2004

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07C9/02
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Hydrocarbon liquid, such as propylene, is charged (dry) from manufacture by way of a bed of desiccant into a salt (brine-containing) cavern for wet storage, thusly regenerating the wet desiccant having been used to dry wet hydrocarbon yielded from the cavern as product.

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