摘要 |
<p>Disclosed are a method and apparatus for conditioning hydrocarbon liquids by applying mechanical vibrations before fractionation. The method involves introducing the liquid into a cavity (1) in a rotating wheel (2), expelling the liquid into an annular chamber (4) formed by the wheel and the stator (7) via a series of outlet apertures (8), and removing the liquid. For this process, the following empirical proportions are preferred: R = 1.1614 K/mm; ΔR = 1.1614 B/mm; and n = 3.8396 K?-1.5 x 106¿ revs/min, R being the radius of the peripheral cylindrical surface of the wheel, ΔR being the radial dimension of the annular chamber, n being the rotation frequency of the wheel, K the number of outlet apertures in the wheel, B an integer in the range 1 - K/5.</p> |