As of January 1, 2013, the United States had 139 operating refineries and 4 idle refineries with total atmospheric crude oil distillation capacity of 17.8 million barrels per calendar day (bbl/d ...

December 21, 2009 Method makes refineries more efficient WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Refineries could trim millions of dollars in energy costs annually by using a new method developed at Purdue University ...

But the distillation is more energy efficient depending on the order in which the columns are operated. "There are many ways to arrange the columns," Agrawal said. Shah created a computer ...

This article was originally published with the title “Improvement in the Distillation of Petroleum Oil” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 13 No. 8 (August 1865), p. 118 doi:10.1038 ...

Oil producers and petroleum refineries, especially in the GCC countries, could save up to $ 50 billion if membrane distillation techniques are applied to treatment of produced water, according to a ...

In this article, we will be analyzing the global refined petroleum industry while covering the 15 largest exporters of refined petroleum. If you want to skip our detailed analysis, you can go ...

Letter Published: 27 February 1937 Molecular Distillation of Petroleum Lubricating Oils R. LYTH Nature 139, 374 (1937) Cite this article ...

In the case of petroleum, four distillation columns are needed to separate raw crude into five separate components - naphtha, kerosene, diesel fuel, gas oil and heavy residue.

Membrane distillation or MD, a thermally-driven separation process, is a promising technology for desalting highly saline waters and offers several advantages over other techniques. Dr. Nidal Hilal ...