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Author: Prabhu TL

Prabhu TL is a SenseCentral contributor covering digital products, entrepreneurship, and scalable online business systems. He focuses on turning ideas into repeatable processes—validation, positioning, marketing, and execution. His writing is known for simple frameworks, clear checklists, and real-world examples. When he’s not writing, he’s usually building new digital assets and experimenting with growth channels.

Automobile Fuel & Lubricants

Engine Friction and Lubrication

Engine friction – terminology – Pumping loss – Rubbing friction loss Engine Friction: terminology Friction components

July 16, 2021 · Prabhu TL
Automobile Fuel & Lubricants

Lubricant base stocks

Why are base stocks important? Lubricant properties affected by base stocks What are base stocks? Chemical bonds and…

July 16, 2021 · Prabhu TL
Automobile Fuel & Lubricants

Bearing Lubrication

Lubricants take the form of either oil or grease. Oil lubricants are most common in high speed, high-temperature…

July 16, 2021 · Prabhu TL
Automobile Fuel & Lubricants

Gasoline blending

One of the most critical economic issues for a petroleum refiner is selecting the optimal combination of components to produce…

July 16, 2021 · Prabhu TL
Automobile Fuel & Lubricants

Isomerization Process

The isomerization process is gaining importance in the present refining context due to limitations on gasoline benzene, aromatics,…

July 16, 2021 · Prabhu TL
Automobile Fuel & Lubricants

Alkylation

Alkylation, in petroleum refining, chemical process in which light, gaseous hydrocarbons are combined to produce high-octane components of gasoline. The…

July 16, 2021 · Prabhu TL
Automobile Fuel & Lubricants

Polymerization in Petroleum Refinery

The light vaporous hydrocarbons created by synergist breaking are exceptionally unsaturated and are normally changed over into high-octane…

July 16, 2021 · Prabhu TL
Automobile Fuel & Lubricants

Cracking methodologies

Thermal cracking Modern high-pressure thermal cracking operates at absolute pressures of about 7,000 kPa. An overall process of…

July 16, 2021 · Prabhu TL
Automobile Fuel & Lubricants

Visbreaking, thermal cracking, and coking

Since World War II the demand for light products (e.g., gasoline, jet, and diesel fuels) has grown, while the requirement for…

July 16, 2021 · Prabhu TL
Automobile Fuel & Lubricants

Petroleum Refining and Formation Process

Petroleum refining or Oil refining is an industrial process in which crude oil is extracted from the ground…

July 16, 2021 · Prabhu TL