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    Uses of The Components of Crude Oil As Fuels

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    Crude oil is fractionally distilled to separate its components, with the heaviest fractions boiling off first. Refinery gas (1-2% of crude) is used as fuel or liquefied petroleum gas. Gasoline and naphtha (15-30% of crude) are used as motor fuel. Kerosene (10-15% of crude) is used in diesel engines and heating. Gas oil (10-15% of crude) is used as jet fuel or heating oil. Residue (40-50%) is used as fuel for ships and power stations. Catalytic cracking and reforming are used to break larger molecules into smaller ones like gasoline to meet demand. Reforming

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    Crude oil is fractionally distilled to separate its components, with the heaviest fractions boiling off first. Refinery gas (1-2% of crude) is used as fuel or liquefied petroleum gas. Gasoline and naphtha (15-30% of crude) are used as motor fuel. Kerosene (10-15% of crude) is used in diesel engines and heating. Gas oil (10-15% of crude) is used as jet fuel or heating oil. Residue (40-50%) is used as fuel for ships and power stations. Catalytic cracking and reforming are used to break larger molecules into smaller ones like gasoline to meet demand. Reforming

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    Crude oil is fractionally distilled to separate its components, with the heaviest fractions boiling off first. Refinery gas (1-2% of crude) is used as fuel or liquefied petroleum gas. Gasoline and naphtha (15-30% of crude) are used as motor fuel. Kerosene (10-15% of crude) is used in diesel engines and heating. Gas oil (10-15% of crude) is used as jet fuel or heating oil. Residue (40-50%) is used as fuel for ships and power stations. Catalytic cracking and reforming are used to break larger molecules into smaller ones like gasoline to meet demand. Reforming

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    Crude oil is fractionally distilled to separate its components, with the heaviest fractions boiling off first. Refinery gas (1-2% of crude) is used as fuel or liquefied petroleum gas. Gasoline and naphtha (15-30% of crude) are used as motor fuel. Kerosene (10-15% of crude) is used in diesel engines and heating. Gas oil (10-15% of crude) is used as jet fuel or heating oil. Residue (40-50%) is used as fuel for ships and power stations. Catalytic cracking and reforming are used to break larger molecules into smaller ones like gasoline to meet demand. Reforming

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    Uses of the components of crude oil as fuels

    Refinery gas: 1-2% of crude oil C1 C4 length carbon chain Mainly used as a gaseous fuel or it can be liquefied under pressure to produce liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

    Gasoline & naphtha: 15 30% of crude oil It is distilled off and used as motor fuel for internal combustion engines.

    Kerosene: Gas oil: 15 10% of crude oil Used as fuel in diesel engines and industrial furnaces 10 15% of crude oil Is used as jet fuel as well as for domestic heating Can be broken down to produce gasoline

    Residue: 40 50% or crude oil Used as fuel for ships and power stations.

    Fractional distillation:

    The way the distillation works is by becoming progressively cooler from the base to the top. All the hydrocarbon fractions start off in gas form, as they have been heated to that point. The gases then rise up the tower.

    The gas mixture then encounters a barrier through which there are only openings called bubble caps. The gas mixture is then forced to go through a liquid before continuing upwards. The liquid in the first tray is at a cool enough temperature to get the heaviest gas fractions to condense into liquid form, while the lighter fractions stay gaseous.

    In this way the heaviest hydrocarbon fractions are separated out from the mixed gas. The remaining gas continues its journey up the tower until it reaches another barrier. Here the bubble cap process is repeated but at a lower temperature than before, which then filters out the next lightest set of fractions. This process continues until only the very lightest fractions, those of 1-4 carbon atoms, are left. These stay in gas form and are collected at the top of the tower.

    Some fractions are in heavier demand than other, for example the fractions diesel and petrol are required in extremely large amounts while the heavier fraction are not in such high demand. A process called cracking is then used to fragment the large molecules into smaller molecules (forming even more diesel and petrol fractions). Catalytic cracking:

    Catalytic cracking involves the use of a catalyst at lower temperatures to break the bonds on the hydrocarbon molecules. Catalytic cracking is used to crack the distilled fractions such as diesel oil and kerosene into The reaction is usually catalysed by a powdered mixture of alumina and silica (Al2O3/SiO2) at about 500oC. The C-C bond undergoes hererolytic fission which results in a mechanism involving carbocations. This tends to produce large amounts of branched chain alkanes which are useful as gasoline. Branched chain alkanes give gasoline a higher octane number.

    Reforming: Reforming is a process which converts straight chain hyrocarbons into aromatic and
    more highly brancged hydrocarbons.

    This process converts low value naphtha fractions into high greade gaseline
    components.

    Higher grade gasoline contains a higher proportion of branched alkanes and aromatic
    hydrocarbons. The gasoline produced then undergoes reforming techniques to improve its octane rating. Iso-octane or 2,2,4-trimethylpentane is the standard used to determine octane rating i.e. octane is reformed into 2,2,4-trimethylpentane. In the final stages blending of fuels with different octane ratings occurs to produce the retail gasoline for selling to customers to meet certain specifications.

    Refineries also produce pure chemicals, called feedstocks, from crude oil. These feedstocks are sold to the petrochemical industries, where a great variety of products are made. Feedstock Methane (Natural Gas) Ethylene Propylene Butylene Naphthene Fertilizers Plastics Rayon Vinyl Nylon Dacron Teflon Products Polyethylene Explosives Synthetic Rubber Polystyrene Dyes Drugs Antifreeze

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    The other past paper questions are : 2007 U2 P2 #8, 2006 U2 P2 #9, 2004 U2 P2 #9

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