Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Process for recovering heat from a hydrocarbon separation
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Application No.: US15814288Application Date: 2017-11-15
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Publication No.: US10315971B2Publication Date: 2019-06-11
- Inventor: Stephen T. King , Michael R. Van de Cotte , Adam J. Kanyuh , Steven C. Kozup
- Applicant: UOP LLC
- Applicant Address: US IL Des Plaines
- Assignee: UOP LLC
- Current Assignee: UOP LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Des Plaines
- Main IPC: C07C7/04
- IPC: C07C7/04 ; C07C7/09 ; B01D1/28 ; C07C7/00 ; B01D3/14 ; B01D3/42 ; C07C11/06

Abstract:
Systems and processes for heat recovery associated with the separation of hydrocarbon components. Two compressors are used to compress a portion of an overhead vapor stream from a fractionation column. A pressure of the liquid portion of the compressed overhead is reduced and used to recover heat from an overhead of another separation zone having a fractionation column. Once the heat has been recovered the stream is recompressed. The recovered heat may be removed from the recompressed stream in a reboiler of another fractionation column. The fractionation columns may comprise a deethanizer stripper, propane-propylene splitter, and a depropanizer column.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180185766A1 PROCESS FOR RECOVERING HEAT FROM A HYDROCARBON SEPARATION Public/Granted day:2018-07-05
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