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fractionation column

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ID 709504 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain Chemistrycrude oil
  • seade rektifikatsiooni teostamiseks
  • rektifikatsioon - mitmeastmeline, korduv destilleerimine
  • a vertical tube or column attached to a still and usually filled with packing, eg Raschig rings, or intersected with b8ubble plates. An internal reflux takes place, resulting in a gradual separation between the high- and the low-boiling fractions inside the column, whereby the fractions with the lowest boiling point distil over. The efficiency of the column depends on its length or the number of bubble plates used, and also on the ability of the packing to promote contact between the vapour and liquid phases.
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  • FR: colonne de fractionnement [T40866]; colonne rectificatrice [U50851] DE: Fraktionierkolonne [T40866]; die Rektifizierkolonne [U50851] FI: fraktiointikolonna [T40866]
fractionation column preferred
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  • Refinery equipment: - boilers meeting American Society of Mechanical Engineers 1 standards, - furnaces meeting American Society of Mechanical Engineers 8 standards, - fractionation columns meeting American Society of Mechanical Engineers 8 standards, - pumps meeting American Petroleum Institute 610 standards, - catalytic reactors meeting American Society of Mechanical Engineers 8 standards, - prepared catalytis, including the following: - catalysts containing platinum, - catalysts containing molybdenum.
rectifying column

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