In this video, Fran Scott explains fractional distillation - the separation of crude oil into fractions. Crude oil is a finite resource; petrol and other fuels are produced from it using fractional ...

This process is energy-intensive, but a new type of column structure promises energy savings of as much as 20 - 40 percent. The petroleum industry relies on fractional distillation of raw materials to ...

Currently the typical way that crude oil is processed involves a fractional distillation column, in which heated crude oil is separated into the various hydrocarbon compounds using distinct boiling ...

FEW industries have expanded more rapidly than that of petroleum. The enormous demand for motor spirit has brought about both an increased production of crude oil and an overhaul of the methods of ...