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Natural gas is used as a fuel in all of the refinery processes that feed high sulfur fuel oil.
For instance a typical pathway for a raw rude oil might be the following: Atmospheric Distillation, Vacuum Distillation, Solvent Deasphalting, Visbreaking. The fuel oil is the heavy product of the visbreaker, which is final step in this particular process.
The bottoms product from each of these refinery processes is sent to the next process where the oil increases in density and viscosity as "lighter" components (entrained gases, gasoline, diesel, gas oils, etc.) are removed. Each of these four processes requires its own process heater, which often burns natural gas as a fuel (natural gas is especially used in refineries in developed nations). While refinery "fuel gas," or gas removed from the crude oil, is used as a fuel in many of these heaters, some external supply of natural gas is often needed to supply the balance of energy needed to run these energy intensive processes.
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What is the current gas prices in Australia?
Currently around 1.30 per liter. Also, its not gas its petrol. Gas in Australia refers to natural gas, not car fuel.
Can fuel prices be tracked to predict future price changes?
Of course they can. If we can see trends in the previous fuel increases or decreases, we can understand when the peak of price rises may occur, as well as the decrease in such prices.
Does a hike in gas prices effect inflation in your economy How?
Fuel prices in general rise (Gasoline is connected to diesel prices) and this drives up the price of every single thing as every single thing was at some point moved using diesel.
How profitable are cattle?
Not very profitable, thanks to increased prices in fertilizer, feed, and fuel to feed and care for cattle.
Think of a product or service you use where PRICES have recently changed Try to explain price changes we observe using demandsupply mechanism?
Supply and demand. Diesel fuel is a good example. Once apon a time diesel fuel was cheaper than gasoline. Then people decided to drive cars and pickup trucks that were powered by this less expensive fuel. The demand went up and the price went up with it. When demand is high, prices will also go high. When demand is low, prices will drop.
What fossil fuel releases no sulfur when burned?
Natural gas, methane, contains no sulfur.
Fossil fuel with lowest sulfur content?
Sweet natural as has essentially no sulphur.
How you could reduce the sulfur in the fuel content to be used in the power plant?
If the fuel is coal, you simply have to switch to a coal with a lower sulfur content. You can remove the SOx from the flue gas with ammonia scrubbing. If the fuel is fuel oil a lower sulfur fuel oil can be used. Otherwise the oil must be treated in a hydrodesulfurization unit which is probably not economical due to the hydrogen required. If the fuel is natural gas, sulfur can be absorbed by absorption with a sulfur free amine such as MDEA (monodiethanolamine). The sulfur is later removed from the amine during the amine regeneration process which results in a sulfur rich stream.
What is the purpose of sulfur in fuel?
Sulfur in fuel in an impurity. It does not directly produce energy.
Is sulfur a fossil fuel?
No, sulfur is a native element or mineral, not a fossil fuel.
How do you check for sulfur in fuel?
You burn an amount of fuel and capture the by-products (exhaust) and run them thru a spectrometer to see what the chemical components are. If sulfur is present there is sulfur in the fuel.
Does using low sulfur fuel produce less sulfur dioxide?
Yes, of course
Why do they put sulfur in explosives?
Sulfur is added to gun powder as a fuel; also adding sulfur the rate of ignition of the explosive is greater.
What is the disadvantage of low sulfur Diesel fuel for old diesel?
It has low sulfur, use additive
How is sulfur dioxide produced from burning fossil fuels?
Sulphur is contained in most fossil fuels, it burns as well. Answer: Sulfur in fossil fuels is present as sulfides, disulfides and mercaptans. The followig ist is brief comparison of the expected (nonnumeric) amounts to be expected by fuel type: * Coal - Low to High Sulfur content* Bunker Oil - Low to High Sulfur content* Heavy Diesel - Low to High Sulfur content * Diesel/Furnace oil - Low sulfur* Gasoline - Low sulfur * Butane - Low sulfur (a few ppm as odorant )* Propane - Low sulfur (a few ppm as odorant ) * Methane - Low sulfur (a few ppm as odorant ) * Natural Gas - Low sulfur (a few ppm as odorant ) * Sour Natural Gas - High sulfur* Refinery Off Gases - Low to High Sulfur content
How sulfur dioxide is produced from fossil fuels?
Sulphur is contained in most fossil fuels, it burns as well. Answer: Sulfur in fossil fuels is present as sulfides, disulfides and mercaptans. The followig ist is brief comparison of the expected (nonnumeric) amounts to be expected by fuel type: * Coal - Low to High Sulfur content* Bunker Oil - Low to High Sulfur content* Heavy Diesel - Low to High Sulfur content * Diesel/Furnace oil - Low sulfur* Gasoline - Low sulfur * Butane - Low sulfur (a few ppm as odorant )* Propane - Low sulfur (a few ppm as odorant ) * Methane - Low sulfur (a few ppm as odorant ) * Natural Gas - Low sulfur (a few ppm as odorant ) * Sour Natural Gas - High sulfur* Refinery Off Gases - Low to High Sulfur content
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