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 — (FCC) ist der wichtigste Stoffumwandlungsprozess in einer Erdölraffinerie. Dieses Verfahren findet breite Anwendung zur Umwandlung schwerer Erdölfraktionen in wertvolleres Benzin, olefinische Stoffe und andere Produkte. Als Crackverfahren von… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Fluid Catalytic Cracking — (FCC, engl.) ist der bedeutendste Stoffumwandlungsprozess in der erdölverarbeitenden Industrie. Dieses Verfahren findet breite Anwendung zur Umsetzung schwerer Erdölfraktionen in wertvolle Olefine (Ethen, Propen, Buten), Catcracker Benzin, Gasöl… … Deutsch 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
fluid catalytic cracking unit — abbr. FCCU Fluid catalytic cracking unit. Process equipment for carrying out the FCC process … Petroleum refining glossary
fluid cat cracking — fluid cat cracking, the use of a powdered catalyst to flow through petroleum like a fluid in catalytic cracking … Useful english dictionary
Catalytic reforming — is a chemical process used to convert petroleum refinery naphthas, typically having low octane ratings, into high octane liquid products called reformates which are components of high octane gasoline (also known as petrol). Basically, the process … Wikipedia
Cracking — may refer to: Cracking, the formation of a fracture or partial fracture in a solid material Fluid catalytic cracking, a catalytic process widely used in oil refineries for cracking large hydrocarbon molecules into smaller molecules Cracking… … Wikipedia
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
Cracking — Used in the oil and gas industry to refer to a variety of methods whereby a larger product is broken down into smaller by products. For example, crude oil can be processed (cracked) to produce lighter byproducts such as liquefied petroleum gas… … Investment dictionary