Posted by Morris Dovey on August 23, 2009, 6:16 pm
Curbie wrote:
> Bruce,
>
>> In refineries they do what is called "cracking" to get more short chains out
of long
>> ones.
> Is this cracking process that refineries use purely a chemical
> process???
This Wikipedia article may be informative
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_catalytic_cracking
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
Posted by Curbie on August 23, 2009, 6:27 pm
> Curbie wrote:
> > Bruce,
> >> In refineries they do what is called "cracking" to get more short chains out of long
> >> ones.
> > Is this cracking process that refineries use purely a chemical
> > process???
> This Wikipedia article may be informative
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_catalytic_cracking
> --
> Morris Dovey
> DeSoto Solar
> DeSoto, Iowa USAhttp://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
Thanks Morris, it was.
Curbie
Posted by Bruce Richmond on August 23, 2009, 8:42 pm
> Bruce,
> >In refineries they do what is called "cracking" to get more short chains out of long
> >ones.
> Is this cracking process that refineries use purely a chemical
> process???
It can be done with heat or chemicals.
> I know this question seems dumb, but it stems from reading thishttp://www.oilcrusher.5u.com/site where the inventor uses a
> centrifuge to mix/filter his SVO-gas and I'm wondering if this
> centrifuge step could also be "cracking" hydrocarbon chains in the
> SVO???
> Thanks,
> Curbie
The centrifuge would not be cracking. My guess is that he is using it
to take out some of the heavy molocules like wax that would promote
carbon build up in the combustion chamber. Anything that is still
solid at the high tempertures might also clog the injectors.
Bruce
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>> In refineries they do what is called "cracking" to get more short chains out