Kamis, 14 Januari 2010

refinery



A refinery is a production facility composed of a group of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations refining certain materials or converting raw material into products of value.
* oil refinery, which converts crude oil into high-octane motor fuel (gasoline/petrol), diesel oil, liquefied petroleum gases (LPG), jet aircraft fuel, kerosene, heating fuel oils, lubricating oils, asphalt and petroleum coke;
* sugar refinery, which converts sugar cane and sugar beets into crystallized sugar and sugar syrups;
* natural gas processing plant, which purifies and converts raw natural gas into residential, commercial and industrial fuel gas, and also recovers natural gas liquids (NGL) such as ethane, propane, butanes and pentanes;
* salt refinery, which cleans common salt (NaCl), produced by the solar evaporation of sea water, followed by washing and re-crystallization;
* metal refineries refining metals such as alumina, copper, gold, lead, nickel, silver, uranium, and zinc; and
* vegetable oil refinery

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