User:Milton Beychok/Sandbox

From Citizendium
< User:Milton Beychok
Revision as of 18:01, 25 January 2010 by imported>Milton Beychok
Jump to navigation Jump to search

A crude oil desalter is a device used in petroleum refineries to remove inorganic salts, water and sediment from the feedstock petroleum crude oil.[1][2][3]




(CC) Drawing: Milton Beychok
Figure 1: Schematic flow diagram of a typical crude oil distillation unit.
(CC) Drawing: Milton Beychok
Figure 2: Cross-sectional diagram of a crude oil desalter


References

  1. Jean-Pierre Wauquier (Editor) (2000). Petroleum Refining, Volume 2, Separation Processes. Editions Technip. ISBN 2-7108-0761-0. 
  2. Beychok, Milton R. (1967). Aqueous Wastes from Petroleum and Petrochemical Plants. John Wiley & Sons. Library of Congress Control Number 67019834. 
  3. Petroleum Wastewater – A Case Study Greg Johnson (from Water and Wastewater.com)