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    The document describes a new horizontal distillation column technology that has been patented in the US and UK and has a pending patent in India. It provides an alternative to traditionally vertical tray columns that are used in refineries and chemical plants. The horizontal design makes the columns cheaper and safer to transport, install, operate, maintain and troubleshoot compared to equivalent vertical columns. It also has more flexible operation and reduced turn-down time. The technology is seeking companies for licensing.

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    The document describes a new horizontal distillation column technology that has been patented in the US and UK and has a pending patent in India. It provides an alternative to traditionally vertical tray columns that are used in refineries and chemical plants. The horizontal design makes the columns cheaper and safer to transport, install, operate, maintain and troubleshoot compared to equivalent vertical columns. It also has more flexible operation and reduced turn-down time. The technology is seeking companies for licensing.

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    HORIZONTAL DISTILLATION TECHNOLOGY

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    The document describes a new horizontal distillation column technology that has been patented in the US and UK and has a pending patent in India. It provides an alternative to traditionally vertical tray columns that are used in refineries and chemical plants. The horizontal design makes the columns cheaper and safer to transport, install, operate, maintain and troubleshoot compared to equivalent vertical columns. It also has more flexible operation and reduced turn-down time. The technology is seeking companies for licensing.

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    Horizontal Distillation Technology

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    Indra Katyal
    The document describes a new horizontal distillation column technology that has been patented in the US and UK and has a pending patent in India. It provides an alternative to traditionally vertical tray columns that are used in refineries and chemical plants. The horizontal design makes the columns cheaper and safer to transport, install, operate, maintain and troubleshoot compared to equivalent vertical columns. It also has more flexible operation and reduced turn-down time. The technology is seeking companies for licensing.

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    HORIZONTAL DISTILLATION COLUMN TECHNOLOGY

    (US PATENT NUMBER 9855515 B2, UK PATENT NUMBER 2514525 B AND INDIAN
    PATENT PENDING)

    By Amit Katyal (Independent Researcher/ Inventor – Hydrocarbons and


    Water Treatment), New Delhi, India

    Vertical tray columns are used widely in refineries and other chemical plants
    to carry out separation of hydrocarbons and other compounds by unit
    operations like distillation, gas absorption and gas stripping and for
    humidification and de-humidification operations. Vertical tray columns of 30-
    40 feet height are common in chemical plants. Sometimes these vertical tray
    columns are more than 50 feet high. Transportation of these columns is costly
    and installation, operation, maintenance and troubleshooting of these
    columns require difficult and unsafe aerial jobs.

    A new invention has been developed to carrying out all kinds of distillation
    and other gas-liquid contact operations in horizontal equipment instead of
    presently in-practice tall vertical tray columns. The horizontal design of the
    invention makes it extremely inexpensive, easy and safe to transport, install,
    operate, maintain and troubleshoot, compared with an equivalent vertical tray
    distillation column. The invention is more operationally flexible in
    comparison with equivalent vertical tray column and operates within
    a swelled operating region on vapor flow rate vs. liquid flow rate plot
    in comparison with equivalent vertical tray distillation column reducing the
    turn-down time due to varied loads. Additionally, a vertical tray distillation
    column has to be designed considering dead loads, seismic loads and wind
    loads due to its vertical design. The present invention can be designed without
    considering dead loads, seismic loads and wind loads due to its horizontal
    design. Also, a costly foundation needs to be laid, ladders need to be added
    and intermediate supports are required to support a vertical tray
    distillation column. These components can be avoided for the present
    invention due to its horizontal design. This results in reduced capital cost for
    the present invention. The invention can be manufactured in modular form
    in the factory instead of at site saving enormous amount of time and money.
    All regulatory permissions and compliances required for vertical tray columns
    can be avoided for the invention saving time and money.

    A US patent number 9855515 B2 and a UK patent number 2514525 B has


    been granted to the invention and an Indian patent is pending. Companies
    interested in licensing the technology are being sought. For licensing, patent
    documents or more information regarding the technology, kindly contact the
    inventor of the technology, Mr Amit Katyal, at [email protected].

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