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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
May. 30, 2008
Lino Carnelli, Carbonate, IT;
Carla Lazzari, Cornaredo, IT;
Gianni Pandolfi, Novara, IT;
ENI S.p.A., Rome, IT;
Abstract
A process for purifying an aqueous stream from a Fischer-Tropsch reaction that includes feeding the aqueous stream to a system that includes a distillation column equipped with a partial condenser and a total condenser, at least partially condensing the vaporized stream leaving the head of the distillation column and collecting a first distillate in which in heavier by-products, totally condensing the remaining portion of the vaporized stream leaving the partial condenser and collecting a liquid stream which is returned to the distillation column as a reflux and removing a purified aqueous stream from the bottom of the distillation column.