Tag: Aromatics
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Introduction to Petrochemical Industry
The petrochemical industry is a branch of the chemical industry that produces a wide range of chemical products from petroleum and natural gas. These chemical products are the building blocks...
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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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Isomerization Process in Oil Refinery
The Isomerization process in a petroleum refinery is the catalytic process that converts low octane number straight-chain hydrocarbon molecules (C4, C5, C6) into branched-chain hydrocarbons with the same carbon number...
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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...