Distillation: processes – separatory – With fractional condensation of vapor outside still
Patent
1997-07-01
1999-03-16
Manoharan, Virginia
Distillation: processes, separatory
With fractional condensation of vapor outside still
95208, 95209, 202 83, 202186, 202200, 202205, 203 88, 203 91, 210295, 210774, 568868, B01D 306, B01D 310, C07C 2728
Patent
active
058824863
ABSTRACT:
Contaminated glycol is refined by vacuum distillation. Specifically the evaporator is heated to a temperature below the degradation temperature of the glycol. The vacuum is used to bring the flashpoint down sufficiently so that glycol evaporates or flashes at that temperature. The glycol is condensed and filtered through activated granular carbon. The principal use of refining the glycol is to refine the triethylene glycol used in natural gas dehydration plants. For such purposes the equipment is mounted upon a trailer to be taken to the plant for cleaning glycol. In such instance, in addition to refining the glycol, a cleaning agent (which contains a degreaser) is added to the refined glycol. The glycol is refined while the natural gas dehydration plant is in normal operation and therefore it is not necessary to stop the natural gas dehydration plant for refining the glycol used therein. In addition, by the addition of the cleaning agent, the dehydrating plant equipment may be cleaned while the plant is in normal operation. Another use for refining glycol is anti-freeze glycol. In such instances, the distillation temperatures will be much less but if the process is performed using the same equipment as natural gas, the absolute vacuum pressure will be about the same as before.
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Coffee Wendell
Manoharan Virginia
Scott Mark E.
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