摘要 |
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 ( 1 ) provided with a rotor ( 9 ) formed with helically oriented paddles ( 10 ) and rotatably supported inside the body, along with a continuous current of steam; subjecting both currents to the mechanical action of the paddled rotor ( 9 ), 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.
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