Category: Refinery Processes
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Polymerization Process to Produce Gasoline in Oil Refinery
In the petroleum refinery, the polymerization process converts light olefin gases such as ethylene, propylene, and butylene into hydrocarbons with a greater molecular weight and a more significant octane number...
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Hydrogen Recovery by Pressure Swing Adsorption
Pressure swing adsorption (PSA) is a process for purifying hydrogen in a petroleum refinery by removing other hydrocarbon gases. The PSA unit uses molecular sieves to adsorb hydrocarbons and impurities...
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Solvent Deasphalting Process in Petroleum Refinery
Solvent Deasphalting is an extraction process used in petroleum refining to remove the asphaltenes from the refinery residues to prepare a suitable feedstock for catalytic conversion unit and lube base...
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Visbreaking Process in Petroleum Refinery
A Visbreaking (means viscosity breaking) unit is a processing unit in a petroleum refinery that reduces the viscosity of a refinery residue and produces more valuable petroleum products. The Visbreaking...
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LPG Merox Process in Petroleum Refinery
The term Merox is an abbriviation of ” Mercaptan Oxidation”. It is a specialized catalytic chemical process created by UOP (Universal Oil Products) applied for the chemical treatment of petroleum distillates to...
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Solvent Extraction Process in Petroleum Oil Refinery
The process of transferring a substance from one solvent to another due to differences in solubility or distribution coefficient between the two immiscible (or slightly soluble) solvents is known as...
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Properties of LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas)
Liquefied petroleum gas or LPG is the term applied to the propane and butane hydrocarbons that exist in the gaseous state under atmospheric ambient conditions but can be converted to...
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Steam Reforming Process for Hydrogen Production
Steam reforming is a method for producing hydrogen gas by the reaction of hydrocarbon in the presence of steam and catalyst. Natural gas, refinery gas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and...
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Hydrofluoric Acid Alkylation Process
The acid alkylation process that converts low molecular weight streams into alkylate, high octane, and gasoline blending components in the presence of strong Hydroflouric Acid is called a Hydrofluoric Acid...