Category: Refinery Processes
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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...
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Alkylation Process In Petroleum Oil Refinery
Alkylation is a chemical process in a petroleum oil refinery in which a high-quality gasoline component (alkylate) is produced by the reaction of low-value light hydrocarbons of the LPG range...
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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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Bitumen Production Processes in Petroleum Refinery
Bitumen or Asphalt is a black viscous mixture of hydrocarbons obtained naturally or as a residue from petroleum distillation of crude oil. Petroleum Bitumen or Asphalt is a sticky, semi-solid, viscous petroleum,...
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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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Amine Gas Treating Process
Amine gas treating also known as Gas sweetening, Amine scrubbing, or acid gas cleaning is the process that removes H2S/CO2 and mercaptan compounds from the acid gas streams by absorption...
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Thermal Cracking Process in Oil Refinery
Thermal cracking is the process in which heavy residue hydrocarbons are decomposed into lower molecule higher value hydrocarbon products, under severe thermal conditions in the absence of the catalyst. It...
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Fluid Catalytic Cracking Process in Oil Refinery
Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) is the conversion process used in a petroleum oil refinery to convert the low-value heavier long-chain hydrocarbon refinery fractions such as heavy vacuum gas oils into...
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Fuel Oil Blending Process in Oil Refinery
Residual fuel oil is the third most important petroleum product after gasoline and diesel. Mostly, the furnace oils or bunker fuel oil are the by-products of refineries, which are blended...