Petroleum is a complex hydrocarbon mixture that undergoes several separation processes including distillation, solvent deasphalting, and gas recovery. These processes separate petroleum into useful products like natural gas, gasoline, diesel, kerosene, and others. Distillation is a major industrial separation process that accounts for a significant portion of industrial energy usage. While petroleum separation produces valuable fuels and products, it also contributes to environmental issues like greenhouse gas emissions and acid rain due to combustion of petroleum products.

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5. • Petroleum is a complex hydrocarbon
mixture;
• The major separation processes are:
atmospheric and vacuum distillation, Figure 1: Crude oil
solvent deasphalting, sulfur http://personal.eunet.fi/pp/triuno/joresorb/crude.htm
removal, and gas recovery;
Figure 2: The equipment for distillation of crude oil
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6. Separation
• Petroleum is a complex hydrocarbon
mixture;
• The major separation processes are:
atmospheric and vacuum distillation, Figure 1: Crude oil
solvent deasphalting, sulfur http://personal.eunet.fi/pp/triuno/joresorb/crude.htm
removal, and gas recovery;
Figure 2: The equipment for distillation of crude oil
www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/imf/pdfs/separationsreport.pd

7. Figure 3:The process for distillation of petroleum in industry

8. Separation
Figure 3:The process for distillation of petroleum in industry

9. • Products that are obtained from petroleum include
natural gas, petroleum ether, diesel oil, gasolene,
kerosene, lubricant, olefin, pitch and so on.
Figure 4: Products that could be obtained from petroleum separation ( 2007)

10. Products
• Products that are obtained from petroleum include
natural gas, petroleum ether, diesel oil, gasolene,
kerosene, lubricant, olefin, pitch and so on.
Figure 4: Products that could be obtained from petroleum separation ( 2007)

11. Appreciation
Contributions of separating crude oil
Gasoline: It is consumed most in petroleum products
and is mainly used for the fuels of cars, motorcycles,
yacht, helicopters, airplane for agriculture and forestry
and so on. Gasoline we use has some additives for
improving properties of usage and storage. The
contents of aromatic hydrocarbon and lead are
limited considering environment.
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12. Limitation of science
The
combustion of petroleum and natural gas produces a great deal
Environment: carbon dioxide (CO2) , which results in “green house effect”.
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Besides, many factories and cars produce sulfur dioxide(SO2) and
oxynitride(NOx), which lead to “acid rain”.
Figure 7:green house effect (Farabee, 1995)

13. Limitation of science
The
combustion of petroleum and natural gas produces a great deal
Environment: carbon dioxide (CO2) , which results in “green house effect”.
of
Besides, many factories and cars produce sulfur dioxide(SO2) and
oxynitride(NOx), which lead to “acid rain”.
Figure 7:green house effect (Farabee, 1995)

14. Figure 8: acid rain (2007)

15. Acid Rain
Figure 8: acid rain (2007)

16. Economics
Economics: distillation is a major industrial separation
technology. It is thermally driven and accounts for 49%
of the industrial separations energy consumption.

17. Energy consumption of
different processes
www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/imf/pdfs/
Figure 9:Energy consumption of different processes
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18. Reference

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