Media Release
Mangaluru, Oct 7: On 1st October 2020, Coastal Karnataka based Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) was on October 1 awarded a patent by the Patent Office, Government of India.
The patent is on 'Process Distillation of Petroleum Fractions – by making use of Fuel Gas / Hydrocarbon vapours instead of steam'. This innovation has remarkable potential to reduce water consumption and sour water generation in product stripping and fractionation operations. This was achieved through in-house research conducted by the R&D wing of MRPL.
The invention offers an avenue to reduce water requirement, reduction in steam system size for a refinery and achieving energy efficiency at the same time. Economic benefits too, will accrue as a result of this innovation.