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debutanizer

debutanizer

[de′byüt·ən‚īz·ər]
(chemical engineering)
The fractionating column in a natural-gasoline plant in which butane and lighter components are removed.
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As described in the June 1990 issue of AI Expert, one of these networks is used in the control of a debutanizer, a system which separates hydrocarbons according to their molecular weights.
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