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Carbon: 83.0-87.0%
Hydrogen: 10.0-14.0%
Nitrogen: 0.1-2.0%
Oxygen: 0.05-1.5%
Sulphur: 0.05-6.0%
Refineries are the plants where crude oil is treated to obtain the
desired range of products, are complex entities consisting of:
a) a sequence of process units linked together according to
different schemes
b) utilities to generate and distribute electrical energy, steam,
purified water, compressed air, nitrogen, fuels for internal
use, etc.;
c) storage tanks for crude oil, intermediate and finished
products;
d) systems to transport crude oil, intermediate and finished
products
Primary Treating
Conversion Processes
Upgrading Processes
Treating and Blending
Davide Moscatelli APC 7
Encyclopaedia of Hydrocarbons, Treccani
REFINERY PRODUCTS