Part 13 Catalytic Cracking Reading Time: 8 minutes As the popularity of the automobile increased during the early 1900’s, the demand for the gasoline portion of a barrel of oil proportionally increased. It quickly became apparent that meeting the market demands for...
Part 12 Forming and Destabilizing Emulsions in Petroleum Refining Reading Time: 9 minutes Part 12, focusing on forming and destabilizing emulsions, in the series on how the chemical industry is solving challenges in the industrial sector. Petroleum refining and oil...
Part 11 Vapor Phase Degreasing of Refinery Catalytic Reactors Reading Time: 5 minutes Part 11, focusing on vapor phase degreasing of refinery catalytic reactors, in the series on how the chemical industry is solving challenges in the industrial sector. In a previous...
Part 10 Resins and Polymers in Crude Oil Refining Reading Time: 5 minutes As we have been discussing petroleum refining processes and the various problems that are encountered during decontamination and shut-down preparations, we have taken side trips to talk of...
Part 9 Hydrotreater Fouling Reading Time: 8 minutes Many of the process streams in a refinery contain unsaturated hydrocarbons, sulfur compounds, nitrogen compounds and other materials (metals) that interfere with some of the refining processes. Hydrotreater fouling...
Part 8 The Crude Unit – Vacuum Tower Decontamination Reading Time: 6 minutes Upon leaving the desalter, the crude oil will go to a crude processing unit where the first actual separations will take place. The feed charge will pass through the preheat bundles,...
