Desiccant bed on hydrocarbon charged to and removed from underground (salt) cavern
US4592677A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 21, 1984 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 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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