HYDROCRACKING / ISOMERIZATION
Dr. William L. Leffler explains hydrocracking, showing how this versatile refining unit can produce a range of products, including distillates and gasoline. He then introduces isomerization, demonstrating how normal paraffins are converted into isoparaffins to improve fuel quality.
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Petroleum Refining in Nontechnical Language: Hydrocracking / Isomerization
Dr. William Leffler outlines the hydrocracking process and explains how this versatile unit in the refinery can easily produce various products like distillate and gasoline. Dr. Leffler then outlines isomerization, and explains how the isom plant converts normal paraffins to isoparaffins.
