Category: Oil Refining General Topics
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Nelson Complexity Index for Petroleum Refineries
The Nelson Complexity Index measures the secondary conversion capacity of a petroleum refinery by comparing it with the primary distillation capacity. The complexity index provides an easy metric for quantifying...
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Types and Configurations of Petroleum Oil Refineries
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial plant that transforms crude oil into useful petroleum products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas, jet...
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Reducing Steam Consumption in Process Industries
Operating and maintaining a reliable steam system is critical for chemical processing facilities and can have a significant impact on a plant’s budget. Key factors that affect the profit margins...
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Control of Foaming in Amine Systems
Amine systems are used to remove CO2/H2S acid gases from process gas streams in the refinery, petrochemical, and natural gas industries. Foaming is defined as the dispersion of gas bubbles...
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Crude Oil Assay
What is crude oil assay analysis? The crude oil assay is the collection of the results of physical tests that are performed to determine the key properties (boiling point, density,...
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Types of Trays in Distillation Columns
Distillation is the most widely used separation process in oil refineries and chemical process industries. It is normally used to separate a mixture of materials to obtain one or more...
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Crude Oil Classification and Benchmarks
Crude oil is a complex mixture of various hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon compounds. It exists in numerous forms with distinct characteristics and is categorized based on its toxicity, API gravity, volatility,...
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Composition of Crude Oil
Crude oil is a naturally occurring unrefined liquid petroleum, a mixture of hydrocarbons (Compounds mainly of Hydrogen and Hydrocarbon) that is found accumulated underground in the earth’s crust. Various types...
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Major Challenges to the Oil Refineries
Oil refineries are major contributors to a country’s economy. The worldwide petroleum refining industry currently faces high impact challenges due to uncertainties about the crude oil feedstock, characteristics of petroleum...