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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1996
David B Manley, Rolla, MO (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention provides one or more sidedraws, from the stripping section of a column, of a heavy key component in the presence of a desirable heavier than heavy key component. In addition, the present invention provides one or more sidedraws, from the rectification section of a column, of a light key component in the presence of a desirable lighter than light key component. In prior art columns, an inherent remixing of the components to be separated in downstream columns occurs near the top or bottom of refluxed or reboiled columns respectively. In the prior art, a re-separation of the remixed components from an upstream column must be done in downstream columns. The present invention eliminates or reduces, according to desired optimization, the remixing by removal of the heavy or light key components in the sidedraw stream.