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distillation of crude oil

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    In petroleum refining: Fractional distillation

    Intermediate products, or “sidestreams,” are withdrawn at several points from the column, as shown in the figure. In addition, modern crude distillation units employ intermediate reflux streams. Sidestreams are known as intermediate products because they have properties between those of the top or overhead product and those of…

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