Hydrotreating process with two phase flow splitting and heat recovery
US5738779A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 18, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 18, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S585/91
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
In a hydrotreating process a two phase flow splitter is used in combination with parallel heat exchanger trains for heat transfer stability. Flow maldistribution of liquid and vapor between heat exchanger trains is thereby avoided without more complex feedback control. The two phase flow splitter is inherently phase volume ratio stable. Prior methods of flow splitting were only phase volume ratio metastable. Improved heat recovery at lower equipment cost is thereby achieved.
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