INDUSTRY

IN FOCUS

GROUP 1: ADUANA, BERNAN, DIAZ, VELASCO

 PRIMARY SOURCES
These fossil fuels are a product of the
decomposition of tiny single-celled marine
organisms
OF HYDROCARBONS
Natural gas: composed largely of
methane (60% to 80% depending
on its source), with lesser
amounts of ethane, propane, and
butane
Petroleum: complex mixture of
hydrocarbons containing 1 to 40
carbon atoms
FRACTIONAL
DISTILLATIO
N
takes advantage of the
different boiling point and
weights of the components
of petroleum
As petroleum is heated,
the lower boiling point or
more volatile components
distill first
products of fractional distillation
are still mostly alkanes

saturated hydrocarbons unsaturated hydrocarbons

(alkanes) are not the only also undergo combustion
hydrocarbons that can be reactions to produce
utilized as fuel carbon dioxide, water and
heat
 CATALYTIC
catalytic cracking of hexane
CRACKING
Crude oil is readily
converted to alkenes

hydrocarbon feedstocks of
crude oil are mixed with solid
Ethene is collected and catalysts and heated to
may now be used as a temperatures above 500 °C
reactant the conditions allow C-C single
bonds to be broken, forming
reactive intermediates