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Coking — Thermal refining processes used to produce fuel gas, gasoline blendstocks, distillates, and petroleum coke from the heavier products of atmospheric and vacuum distillation. Includes: Delayed Coking. A process by which heavier crude oil… … Energy terms
Koker — Die Koker Anlage (vereinfacht Koker oder Coker genannt), ist eine verfahrenstechnische Anlage einer Erdölraffinerie in welcher Rückstände unterschiedlichster Provenienz zu leichteren Kohlenwasserstoffen umgesetzt werden. Dabei werden die… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Coke (fuel) — This article is about fuel coke derived from coal. For fuel coke derived from petroleum, see Petroleum coke. For other uses, see Coke. Raw coke Coke is the solid carbonaceous material derived from destructive distillation of low ash, low sulfur… … Wikipedia
thermal cracking — 1. A refining process in which heat and pressure are used to break down, rearrange, or combine hydrocarbon molecules. Thermal cracking includes gas oil visbreaking, fluid coking, delayed coking, and other thermal cracking processes (e.g.,… … Petroleum refining glossary
Thermal cracking — A refining process in which heat and pressure are used to break down, rearrange, or combine hydrocarbon molecules. Thermal cracking includes gas oil, visbreaking, fluid coking, delayed coking, and other thermal cracking processes (e.g.,… … Energy terms
coal utilization — Introduction combustion of coal or its conversion into useful solid, gaseous, and liquid products. By far the most important use of coal is in combustion, mainly to provide heat to the boilers of electric power plants. Metallurgical coke… … Universalium
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
Atmospheric reentry — refers to the movement of human made or natural objects as they enter the atmosphere of a planet from outer space, in the case of Earth from an altitude above the edge of space. This article primarily addresses the process of controlled reentry… … Wikipedia
Turbocharger — A turbocharger, or turbo, is an air compressor used for forced induction of an internal combustion engine. Like a supercharger, the purpose of a turbocharger is to increase the mass of air entering the engine to create more power. However, a… … Wikipedia
Cracken — (engl. to crack, „spalten“), das Kracken (selten), ist ein Verfahren der Erdölverarbeitung, mit dem Kohlenwasserstoffe längerer Kettenlänge in Kohlenwasserstoffe kürzerer Kettenlänge gespalten werden. Dies ist notwendig, da der Markt mehr… … Deutsch Wikipedia
