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reboiler

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reboiler [rē′bȯil·ər]
(chemical engineering)
An auxiliary heating unit for a fractionating tower designed to supply additional heat to the lower portion of the tower; liquid withdrawn from the side or bottom of the tower is reheated by heat exchange, then reintroduced into the tower.


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The two main elements Union Carbide has agreed to cover are process controls for ethylene oxide production including redundant temperature controls, calibration programs and safety checklists; and modification of the process so that liquid levels in the oxide recovery still reboiler are monitored and kept at safe levels.
Operating parameters; Amine concentration, Losses, Foaming, Rich amine acid gas, Lean amine acid gas, Velocity, HSAS, Reboiler, Make-up water, Solids, O2 leakage, Inlet gas KO vessel, Design factors.
The reduced throughput in the fourth quarter was also a result of a seven-day shutdown in October which was required for the installation of a back-up, deethanizer reboiler.
 
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