Oil Refining

Walther W. Irion

Walther W. Irion

(retired)

Deutsche Shell AG, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany

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Otto S. Neuwirth

Otto S. Neuwirth

(retired)

UK Wesseling, Wesseling, Federal Republic of Germany

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First published: 15 June 2000
Citations: 1

Abstract

The article contains sections titled:

1.

Introduction

1.1.

History

1.2.

General Aspects of Oil Refining

2.

Crude Oils and Products

2.1.

Crude Oil Constituents

2.2.

Classification of Crude Oils

2.3.

Oil Products

2.3.1.

Gas Fuels

2.3.2.

Liquid Fuels

2.3.3.

Nonfuel Applications

3.

Oil Refining Processes

3.1.

Crude Oil Distillation

3.1.1.

Atmospheric Distillation

3.1.2.

Vacuum Distillation

3.1.3.

Crude Oil Desalting

3.2.

Catalytic Cracking (Cat Cracking)

3.3.

Hydrotreating

3.3.1.

Distillate Hydrotreating

3.3.2.

Pyrolysis Gasoline Hydrotreating

3.4.

Catalytic Reforming

3.4.1.

Introduction

3.4.2.

Semiregenerative Reformer

3.4.3.

Fully Regenerative Reformer

3.4.4.

Continuously Regenerative Reformer

3.5.

Hydrocracking

3.6.

Residue Conversion Processes

3.6.1.

Introduction

3.6.2.

Fundamentals of Residue Conversion and Process Options

3.6.3.

Hydrogen Addition (“H-in”) Processes

3.6.3.1.

Residue Hydrotreating (Demetallization, Desulfurization, Denitrification)

3.6.3.2.

Residue Hydrocracking (Hydroconversion)

3.6.4.

Carbon Rejection (“C-out”) Processes

3.6.4.1.

Thermal Processes (Visbreaking, Coking)

3.6.4.2.

Catalytic Processes (Residue Cat Cracking)

3.6.5.

Other Processes

3.6.5.1.

Extraction of Asphaltenes

3.6.5.2.

Partial Oxidation

3.6.6.

Process Combinations

3.7.

Gasoline Upgrading Processes

3.7.1.

Alkylation

3.7.2.

Polymerization

3.7.3.

Isomerization

3.8.

Other Processes

3.8.1.

Gas Treating

3.8.2.

Sulfur Recovery

4.

Environmental Protection in Oil Refining

4.1.

Introduction

4.2.

Manufacturing Emissions

4.2.1.

Hydrocarbons (HC)

4.2.1.1.

Hydrocarbons in Air

4.2.1.2.

Hydrocarbons in Wastewater

4.2.1.3.

Hydrocarbons in Soil and Groundwater

4.2.2.

Sulfur and Nitrogen Compounds

4.2.2.1.

Sulfur Compounds

4.2.2.2.

Nitrogen Compounds

4.2.3.

Noise

4.3.

Consumer Related Emissions

4.3.1.

Transportation Fuels

4.3.1.1.

Motor Gasoline

4.3.1.2.

Diesel Fuel

4.3.2.

Burning Fuels

4.4.

Cost of Environmental Conservation

5.

Integrated Refinery Models

5.1.

Trends of Refinery Structures

5.2.

Hydroskimming Refinery

5.3.

Conversion Concepts

5.3.1.

Cat Cracking - Visbreaking Refinery

5.3.2.

Hydrocracking - Cat Cracking Refinery

5.3.3.

Hydrocracking - Coking Refinery

6.

Corrosion and Materials

7.

Testing and Analysis

7.1.

Crude Oil and Product Properties

7.2.

Testing Methods and Standards

8.

Storage and Transport

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