cracking unit

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• fluid catalytic cracking unit — abbr. FCCU Fluid catalytic cracking unit. Process equipment for carrying out the FCC process …   Petroleum refining glossary

• Cracking (chemistry) — In petroleum geology and chemistry, cracking is the process whereby complex organic molecules such as kerogens or heavy hydrocarbons are broken down into simpler molecules such as light hydrocarbons, by the breaking of carbon carbon bonds in the… …   Wikipedia

• Fluid catalytic cracking — (FCC) is the most important conversion process used in petroleum refineries. It is widely used to convert the high boiling hydrocarbon fractions of petroleum crude oils to more valuable gasoline, olefinic gases and other products.cite book|author …   Wikipedia

• fluid catalytic cracking — abbr. FCC A process for converting high boiling gas oils to lighter liquids, primarily gasoline range naphtha and diesel range gas oils. The most widely practiced refinery conversion process. A schematic flow diagram of a Fluid Catalytic Cracking …   Petroleum refining glossary

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• petroleum refining — Introduction  conversion of crude oil into useful products. History Distillation of kerosene and naphtha       The refining of crude petroleum owes its origin to the successful drilling of the first oil well in Titusville, Pa., in 1859. Prior to… …   Universalium

• Fresh feed input —   Represents input of material (crude oil, unfinished oils, natural gas liquids, other hydrocarbons and oxygenates or finished products) to processing units at a refinery that is being processed (input) into a particular unit for the first time.… …   Energy terms