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- verb Present participle of
hydrotreat . - noun chemistry A
chemical engineering process in which reaction withhydrogen is used to removeimpurities , especially as part ofoil refining
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Examples
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"A lot of biomass processing technologies resemble a petroleum industry process called hydrotreating, which uses a lot of hydrogen," Bond said.
Climate Progress JT McLain 2010
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Next comes distillation, thermal conversion, catalytic conversion, and hydrotreating.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: The Sticky Truth about Oil Spills and Tar Sands The Media Consortium 2011
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Next comes distillation, thermal conversion, catalytic conversion, and hydrotreating.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: The Sticky Truth about Oil Spills and Tar Sands The Media Consortium 2011
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Next comes distillation, thermal conversion, catalytic conversion, and hydrotreating.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: The Sticky Truth about Oil Spills and Tar Sands The Media Consortium 2011
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Next comes distillation, thermal conversion, catalytic conversion, and hydrotreating.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: The Sticky Truth about Oil Spills and Tar Sands The Media Consortium 2011
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The quality of pygas, which is high in diolefin content, can be satisfactorily improved by hydrotreating, whereby conversion of diolefins into mono-olefins provides an acceptable product for motor gas blending.
Cracking 2008
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Typically, hydrotreating is done prior to processes such as catalytic reforming so that the catalyst is not contaminated by untreated feedstock.
Cracking 2008
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Naphtha produced from steam cracking contains benzene, which is extracted prior to hydrotreating.
Cracking 2008
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Catalytic hydrotreating is a hydrogenation process used to remove about 90% of contaminants such as nitrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and metals from liquid petroleum fractions.
Cracking 2008
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Severe lube hydrotreating, at temperatures in the 600°-750° F range and hydrogen pressures up to 3,000 psi, is capable of saturating aromatic rings, along with sulfur and nitrogen removal, to impart specific properties not achieved at mild conditions.
Cracking 2008
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