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der high pressures of hydrogen (until 20MPa) crowave radiation (transmitted and reflected)
Figure 13 and Figure14. identified by the wave sensors by means of a
computer program. The development and re-
These apparatus are connected to an electron- search “Development of microwave reaction
ic control and supervision unit which enables units for operation in high pressure and high
interaction with, and measurement and mon- temperature” and “The use of microwave tech-
itoring of, the variables involved in the pro- nology in: intensification of Hydrotreating pro-
cess. A Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) cess of middle distillates” were carried out in
digitalizes and processes the signal for the mi- partnership with CENPES/Petrobras.
Fig. 14 – Reaction system of continuous flow microwave-assisted and conventional heating.
