chapter of this book provided a brief description of the products; this chapter
expands on this with a more in-depth look at the products themselves. Their
demand in the petroleum markets and also the environmental impact of the
more prominent products are also discussed in this chapter. The chapter continues with a discussion of the types of refinery configurations, including yields,
capabilities, economics, advantages, and disadvantages of the common configuration categories. The chapter concludes with a detailed example of the development of the process configuration for a refinery to meet a particular
product slate.
Keywords
Refining • Petroleum • Configuration • Topping refinery • Hydroskimming
refinery • Cracking refinery • Full conversion refinery • Complex refinery •
Fuel specifications
Introduction
This chapter defines the major products normally produced from the refining of
crude oil. These products are the intermediary and finished products from energy
refineries only. The “▶ Introduction to Crude Oil and Petroleum Processing”
chapter of this book provided a brief description of the products; this chapter
expands on this with a more in-depth look at the products themselves. Their demand
in the petroleum markets and the environmental impacts of the more prominent
products are also discussed in this chapter. The chapter continues with a discussion
of the types of refinery configurations, including yields, capabilities, economics,
advantages, and disadvantages of the common configuration categories. The chapter concludes with a detailed example of the development of the process configuration of a refinery to meet a desired product slate.
The first part of this chapter describes the basic fractions obtained from the
atmospheric and vacuum crude distillation units. It continues with the description of
products from the most common intermediate processes used in many refineries to
meet their various product requirements. This part of the chapter continues with an
outline of the specifications for various finished petroleum products and discusses
their salient points.
The second part of the chapter discusses the features of the motive fuels.
It continues with the effect of environmental constraints and the development of
changes in the content of these products.
The third part focuses on the development of a refinery’s process configuration
and discusses its purpose. The development of a refinery configuration is illustrated
by an example. This example is compiled manually. In modern development practice
however, this would be accomplished by reducing the various product properties and
their relationship to linear equations and solving these with high-speed computers, a
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expands on this with a more in-depth look at the products themselves. Their
demand in the petroleum markets and also the environmental impact of the
more prominent products are also discussed in this chapter. The chapter continues with a discussion of the types of refinery configurations, including yields,
capabilities, economics, advantages, and disadvantages of the common configuration categories. The chapter concludes with a detailed example of the development of the process configuration for a refinery to meet a particular
product slate.
Keywords
Refining • Petroleum • Configuration • Topping refinery • Hydroskimming
refinery • Cracking refinery • Full conversion refinery • Complex refinery •
Fuel specifications
Introduction
This chapter defines the major products normally produced from the refining of
crude oil. These products are the intermediary and finished products from energy
refineries only. The “▶ Introduction to Crude Oil and Petroleum Processing”
chapter of this book provided a brief description of the products; this chapter
expands on this with a more in-depth look at the products themselves. Their demand
in the petroleum markets and the environmental impacts of the more prominent
products are also discussed in this chapter. The chapter continues with a discussion
of the types of refinery configurations, including yields, capabilities, economics,
advantages, and disadvantages of the common configuration categories. The chapter concludes with a detailed example of the development of the process configuration of a refinery to meet a desired product slate.
The first part of this chapter describes the basic fractions obtained from the
atmospheric and vacuum crude distillation units. It continues with the description of
products from the most common intermediate processes used in many refineries to
meet their various product requirements. This part of the chapter continues with an
outline of the specifications for various finished petroleum products and discusses
their salient points.
The second part of the chapter discusses the features of the motive fuels.
It continues with the effect of environmental constraints and the development of
changes in the content of these products.
The third part focuses on the development of a refinery’s process configuration
and discusses its purpose. The development of a refinery configuration is illustrated
by an example. This example is compiled manually. In modern development practice
however, this would be accomplished by reducing the various product properties and
their relationship to linear equations and solving these with high-speed computers, a
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