Introduction To Refining

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Introduction

  • The purpose of an oil refinery is to transform Crude Oil which is a non-uniform mixture of hydrocarbon molecules, into fuel and chemical products that meet the needs of the consumer.

Significant Concepts

  • Refineries differ in their level of complexity. There are many different types of refining processes, different types of crude oils, and so each refinery is unique
  • A standardised measure of the complexity of a refinery is the Nelson Complexity, the more units a refinery has, the more capabilities it possesses, the higher Nelson Complexity number it is assigned
  • Refineries that have no cracking units are referred to as Hydro-skimming Refineries. They typically have Nelson Complexities of 2-3

Refining Processes

  • Petroleum refining processes and operations can be separated into five basic areas:

Fractionation

Conversion

Treatment

  • Treatment Processes to prepare hydrocarbon streams for additional processing and to prepare finished products.

Formulating and Blending

  • Formulating and Blending is the process of mixing and combining hydrocarbon fractions, additives, and other components to produce finished products with specific performance properties.

Other Refining Operations

Links

  1. Introduction from Australian Institute of Petroleum
  2. Dalhousie University, OIL REFINERY PROCESSES ppt
  3. DESCRIPTION OF PETROLEUM REFINING PROCESSES AND RELATED HEALTH AND SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS

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