What is the name of the process that separates crude oil into more useful substances?

Answer 1

Crude oil is separated by fractional distillation.

The components of crude oil are separated by a process which is known as fractional distillation. Crude oil is made of different components whose sizes, weights and boiling temperatures are different from each other.

When the crude oil is heated with high pressure steam at a high temperature, it boils and forms vapour. The vapour enters a fractional distillation column and settled in the trays of the column. The trays have holes in them which raise the contact time among the vapour and liquids.

The vapour rises in the column and cools, the hotter substances settle at the bottom of the column and the cooler substances rise to the top of the column. The substances in the vapour condense and the fractions of liquid collect in the tray and pass to condensers and storage tanks.

Answer 2

It's called fraction distillation. In this process a column with a lot of trays uses for separating the compounds in crude oil.

Answer 3

It is called fractional distillation, sometimes called cracking.

Answer 4

The process of distillation as carried out in an oil refinery.

Answer 5

fractional distillation

Answer 6

Fractional distillation or 'cracking'

Answer 7

Fractional distillation

Answer 8

This separation is made by distillation.

Answer 9

Boiling