From Heavy Oil to Petrol: How Refineries Crack the Problem
In short: How refineries go beyond distillation, using cracking and blending to turn heavy, low-value petroleum fractions into petrol.
A 2:08 short film in the series “How Things Work”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Refining crude oil - the refining process - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; Springer Nature (Springer, Cham), chapter 'Cracking and Hydrocracking' by Chang Samuel Hsu and Paul R. Robinson in Petroleum Science and Technology, 2024, “Cracking and Hydrocracking”; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Catalytic reforming boosts octane for gasoline blending - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “William Merriam Burton | Thermal Cracking & Petroleum Refining Process | Britannica”; Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC Education), “On This Day - Jan 07: Patent for thermal cracking”.
Sources used in this film
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Refining crude oil - the refining process - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- Springer Nature (Springer, Cham), chapter 'Cracking and Hydrocracking' by Chang Samuel Hsu and Paul R. Robinson in Petroleum Science and Technology, 2024 — Cracking and Hydrocracking · View →
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Catalytic reforming boosts octane for gasoline blending - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — William Merriam Burton | Thermal Cracking & Petroleum Refining Process | Britannica · View →
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC Education) — On This Day - Jan 07: Patent for thermal cracking · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: www.eia.gov — Refining crude oil - the refining process - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: Springer Nature (Springer, Cham), chapter 'Cracking and Hydrocracking' by Chang Samuel Hsu and Paul R. Robinson in Petro: Cracking and Hydrocracking
- Also: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Catalytic reforming boosts octane for gasoline blending - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: William Merriam Burton | Thermal Cracking & Petroleum Refining Process | Britannica
- Also: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC Education): On This Day - Jan 07: Patent for thermal cracking
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