give a detailed account of petroleum refining
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Petroleum refining processes are the chemical engineering processes and other facilities used in petroleum refineries (also referred to as oil refineries) to transform crude oil into useful products such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), gasoline or petrol, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel oil and fuel oils.[1][2][3]
Petroleum refineries are very large industrial complexes that involve many different processing units and auxiliary facilities such as utility units and storage tanks. Each refinery has its own unique arrangement and combination of refining processes largely determined by the refinery location, desired products and economic considerations.
Some modern petroleum refineries process as much as 800,000 to 900,000 barrels (127,000 to 143,000 cubic meters) per day of crude oil
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The petroleum is a fossil fuel used in vehicles, dry cleaning etc.
The petroleum is made from died marine animals which convert into LPG and petrol under the pressure of air and water.it is derived by drilling on the ocean bed which is found in porous rocks.
after drilling, petroleum is put into a cylindrical structure known as fractionating column where the crude oil is put in different trays and is heated at different temperatures to derive different products and to refine it.
from decreasing to increasing temperature we get the following things:
- LPG
- petrol
- kerosene
- diesel
- fuel oil
- lubricants, Vaseline, paraffin etc.
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