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What happens to the waste products from crude oil refining?
The process of refining of crude oil is used to separate crude into fractions of various derived products.
For example, crude contains fractions of gasses such as methane, ethane, propane, butane, ...
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Products formed upon pyrolysis of alkanes
What sort of products will be formed when we subject a higher alkane (say decane) to pyrolysis by heating at 773-973 K in the presence of $\ce{H2/Ni}$? I know that lower aliphatic alkanes and alkenes ...
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Could an LPG gas ever become lighter than air?
Both of the LPG gases, propane ($\ce{C3H8}$) and butane ($\ce{C4H10}$) are heavier than air. Propane is $1.55$ times heavier and butane is $2.08$ times heavier. Is same-temperature air always lighter ...
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Would a PNG geyser work on biogas?
I am trying to understand if a water heater designed to run on piped natural gas (PNG) could be powered by biogas without any modifications. Typically, these geysers have a battery-powered ignition ...
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What is responsible for the odor of gasoline?
Gasoline as we know it is a blend of combustible hydrocarbons and has a characteristic odor. The natural gas we use to heat our homes and (for some of us) cook our food has its own odor, except...
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Is it more economical to liquify natural gas to ship overseas or convert it to propane (C3H8) and ship it overseas?
Problem statement: Companies want to frack oil wells and then export natural gas overseas using transport via high pressure pipeline followed by liquefaction at a terminal port.
If the methane ...
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What does my textbook mean by saying this about petroleum?
It reads:
Petroleum consists of crude oil and natural gas and contains a mixture of up to 300 hydrocarbons, including sulfur and nitrogen compounds. It is formed over thousands of years from the ...
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Heat of combustion for octane
I'm a Mechanical Engineering student and I have been working on a school project but I want to go a bit beyond that and it has led me here. I'm designing an engine cylinder, and I figured I should be ...
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