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FRACTIONATING TOWER [6 records]

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Record 1 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Distillation
OBS

splitter : a fractionating tower with an overhead stream and a bottom stream only.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distillation du pétrole
OBS

splitter / tour de fractionnement, tour de séparation (ne donnant qu'un distillat de tête et un produit de fond; souvent utilisée pour séparer l'essence légère de l'essence lourde).

OBS

[...] le pipeline [...] permettra d'acheminer de l'éthane, du butane et du condensat jusqu'au réseau projeté de NCL [Novagas Clearinghouse Ltd.] et à des installations de fractionnement et de stockage situées près de Redwater, en Alberta.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Technology - Equipment
  • Petroleum Distillation
DEF

A fractionating tower with an overhead stream and a bottom stream only.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareillage (Technologie pétrolière)
  • Distillation du pétrole
DEF

[Colonne] ne donnant qu'un distillat de tête et un produit de fond, souvent utilisée pour séparer une essence légère d'une essence lourde.

CONT

Ils sont toujours très hauts [...] quand on a besoin de colonnes de séparations fines pour obtenir des produits chimiques définis.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Cracking
CONT

The three types of catalytic cracking processes are fluid catalytic cracking(FCC), moving-bed catalytic cracking, and Thermofor catalytic cracking(TCC).... In a typical Thermofor catalytic cracking unit, the preheated feedstock flows by gravity through the catalytic reactor bed. The vapors are separated from the catalyst and sent to a fractionating tower. The spent catalyst is regenerated, cooled, and recycled. The flue gas from regeneration is sent to a carbon-monoxide boiler for heat recovery.

CONT

In the early 1940s, Mobil commercialized a moving bed process called Thermofor Catalytic Cracking (TCC) and a new synthetic catalyst, which provided high octane aviation fuel for the Allied air effort throughout World War II.

PHR

TCCU [Thermofor catalytic cracking unit].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Craquage (Pétrole)
OBS

«Thermofor catalytic cracking» : dénomination d'un procédé de craquage catalytique à catalyseur mobile.

PHR

Unité TCC.

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Cracking
CONT

The three types of catalytic cracking processes are fluid catalytic cracking(FCC), moving-bed catalytic cracking, and Thermofor catalytic cracking(TCC).... In a typical Thermofor catalytic cracking unit, the preheated feedstock flows by gravity through the catalytic reactor bed. The vapors are separated from the catalyst and sent to a fractionating tower. The spent catalyst is regenerated, cooled, and recycled. The flue gas from regeneration is sent to a carbon-monoxide boiler for heat recovery.

CONT

Hyundai, recently undertaking the civil engineering role in building a chemical plant for a Petron TCCU [Thermofor catalytic cracking unit] & MX [mixed xylene] project, also plans to actively take part in the construction of other Philippine chemical plants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Craquage (Pétrole)
OBS

«Thermofor catalytic cracking» : dénomination d'un procédé de craquage catalytique à catalyseur mobile.

CONT

Revamping [sic : modernisation] de l'unité TCC («Thermofor Catalytic Cracking»): importants travaux de modification de l'unité en vue de moderniser et de sécuriser son fonctionnement et d'améliorer ses performances.

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Refining
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Petroleum Distillation
DEF

Liquid collecting on the bottom of a vessel, either during fractioning process or while in storage.

DEF

The liquids and residue that collect in the bottom of a vessel (as the tank bottoms) and remain in the bottom of a storage tank after a period of service.

OBS

The residual fractions remaining at the bottom of a fractionating tower after lighter components have been distilled off as vapors are also called bottoms or bottom product.

OBS

bottoms; residue: terms standardized by ISO.

OBS

bottoms: term rarely used in the singular (bottom).

Key term(s)
  • bottom

French

Domaine(s)
  • Raffinage du pétrole
  • Génie chimique
  • Distillation du pétrole
DEF

Produit restant à l'issue d'un traitement après extraction des produits de plus grande valeur. En raffinage, liquide lourd en fond de colonne.

OBS

résidu : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

produits de fond; dépôts de fond : termes rarement utilisés au singulier (produit de fond; dépôt de fond).

Key term(s)
  • produit de fond
  • dépot de fond

Spanish

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Record 6 1984-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Distillation
CONT

... the reflux liquid which runs down inside the tower, over the fractionating trays and which varies in different sections of the tower, according to the type of product which is being withdrawn.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distillation du pétrole
CONT

[...] la vapeur, en montant, s'enrichit de l'élément le plus volatil, tandis que le liquide refluant et le liquide résiduel se concentrent en élément le moins volatil.

Spanish

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