Rebuilding Naphtha: How Catalytic Reforming Raises Octane
In short: How a refinery's catalytic reformer uses heat, hydrogen and a platinum catalyst to reshape low-octane heavy naphtha into reformate, a high-octane gasoline blending component.
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), “Catalytic reforming boosts octane for gasoline blending - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Petroleum refining - Naphtha Reforming, Catalysts, Hydrocarbons | Britannica”; Kolmetz Handbook of Process Equipment Design (Karl Kolmetz), hosted on Academia.edu, “REFINERY CATALYTIC REFORMING UNIT SELECTION, SIZING AND TROUBLESHOOTING, Kolmetz Handbook of Process Equipment Design”; Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio, Springer Nature), “Dual rare earth-doped Pt–Sn/Al2O3 catalysts with synergistic Ce and Sm effects on high-efficiency aromatization and coke suppression in naphtha reforming - Scientific Reports”; United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), “Gasoline Mobile Source Air Toxics | US EPA”; US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), archived snapshot of 19 January 2021, “Gasoline Mobile Source Air Toxics | US EPA”.
Sources used in this film
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Catalytic reforming boosts octane for gasoline blending - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Petroleum refining - Naphtha Reforming, Catalysts, Hydrocarbons | Britannica · View →
- Kolmetz Handbook of Process Equipment Design (Karl Kolmetz), hosted on Academia.edu — REFINERY CATALYTIC REFORMING UNIT SELECTION, SIZING AND TROUBLESHOOTING, Kolmetz Handbook of Process Equipment Design · View →
- Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio, Springer Nature) — Dual rare earth-doped Pt–Sn/Al2O3 catalysts with synergistic Ce and Sm effects on high-efficiency aromatization and coke suppression in naphtha reforming - Scientific Reports · View →
- United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) — Gasoline Mobile Source Air Toxics | US EPA · View →
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), archived snapshot of 19 January 2021 — Gasoline Mobile Source Air Toxics | US EPA · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Catalytic reforming boosts octane for gasoline blending - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Petroleum refining - Naphtha Reforming, Catalysts, Hydrocarbons | Britannica
- Also: Kolmetz Handbook of Process Equipment Design (Karl Kolmetz), hosted on Academia.edu: REFINERY CATALYTIC REFORMING UNIT SELECTION, SIZING AND TROUBLESHOOTING, Kolmetz Handbook of Process Equipment Design
- Also: Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio, Springer Nature): Dual rare earth-doped Pt–Sn/Al2O3 catalysts with synergistic Ce and Sm effects on high-efficiency aromatization and coke suppression in naphtha reforming - Scientific Reports
- Also: United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA): Gasoline Mobile Source Air Toxics | US EPA
- Also: US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), archived snapshot of 19 January 2021: Gasoline Mobile Source Air Toxics | US EPA
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