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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kurt Gruber, Monchen-Gladbach, DE;
Willi Keim, Aachen-Walheim, DE;
Klaus Hentschel, Hanau-Gross Auheim, DE;
Assignee:
Mannesmannrohren-Werke A.G., Dusseldorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; C10G / ; F17D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
203 66 ; 203 38 ; 44 56 ; 62 55 ; 137 13 ; 208348 ; 2604495 ;
Abstract
An improved petroleum distillation process in which methanol is added to the petroleum to be distilled and methanol/hydrocarbon azeotrope is recovered boiling at about 63.degree. C. which can be used as a fuel. The methanol can be derived from natural gas or another fossil fuel source. A methanol crude oil emulsion from a long distance pipeline can be distilled by this process without preliminary treatment.