petroleum primary processing
Bitumen upgrading
Figure 1. This is an upgrading facility located near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Bitumen upgrading is the chemical treatment of bitumen that is…
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petroleum primary processing
Bitumen
Figure 1. Bitumen is a thick, black crude oil. Bitumen is a low-grade of crude oil which is composed of complex,…
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The Manufacturing Of Lubricating Oil Process
Lube oil is extracted from crude oil, which undergoes a preliminary purification process (sedimentation) before it is pumped…
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Catalytic Dewaxing
Although included under the separation processes, catalytic dewaxing is actually a low-severity conversion process involving a selective catalytic…
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Solvent Dewaxing
Figure 5.12 shows a general scheme of solvent dewaxing that uses stage-wise refrigeration of the feedstock after it…
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Dewaxing
Another important separation process in petroleum refining is removal of wax. The process of dewaxing is introduced and…
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Simplified Flow Diagram of a Deasphalting Process
Simplified Flow Diagram of a Deasphalting Process Figure 5.9 shows a simplified flow diagram of a propane deasphalting…
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Gradient Solubility Model
Because of the large disparity in structure and properties of asphaltenes and oil fractions in VDR, it is…
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Deasphalting Process
The deasphalting process in a refinery flow scheme as an intermediate process between vacuum distillation and dewaxing processes,…
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Lubricating oils
At one time the suitability of petroleum fractions for use as lubricants depended entirely on the crude oils…
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