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EP 0 095 792 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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02.10.1985 Bulletin 1985/40 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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07.12.1983 Bulletin 1983/49 |
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Date of filing: 12.04.1983 |
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BE DE FR GB IT NL |
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Priority: |
28.05.1982 GB 8215707
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Applicant: SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ B.V. |
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Inventors: |
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- Van Der Heyden, Pieter
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- Van Kleef, Alfred Louis
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Process for separating a multi-component liquid |
(57) In a process for separating a multi-component liquid, the multi-component liquid,
after having been heated to form a li- quid/vapour mixture, is passed into a first
column (5) in which a subatmospheric pressure is maintained by means of a steam ejector
system (6). Driving steam from the steam ejector system is used for contacting the
bottoms fraction from the first column (5) in a second column (22) to separate the
bottoms fraction into at least one heavy distillate fraction and a residual fraction.