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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2001
Giuseppina Cerea, Milan, IT;
Giuseppina Cerea, Milan, IT;
Vomm Chemipharma S.r.l., Milan, IT;
Abstract
A process for the fractional distillation of crude oil, which comprises the steps of: feeding a continuous current of crude oil at 310–400° C. into a turbomixer comprising a tubular cylindrical body () provided with a rotor () formed with helically oriented paddles () and rotatably supported inside the body, along with a continuous current of steam; subjecting both currents to the mechanical action of the paddled rotor (), so as to create a thin tubular dynamic turbulent layer, which is discharged and fed continuously into a fractioning column, at a predetermined height level in the column, to produce an upward-flowing vapor current and a downward-flowing liquid current therein; and optionally discharging the downward-flowing liquid current continuously from the column bottom, and feeding it continuously into the turbomixer in the same direction as the crude oil current.