705-01 Refinery Overview and Configuration
When you complete this lesson, you will be able to identify and discuss basic refinery purposes and operations, as well as recall the different configurations used in modern refining.
705-03 Crude Unit
When you complete this lesson, you will be able to describe the crude unit and its major components. You will also be able to identify and discuss the process of crude oil distillation.
705-05 Catalytic Reformer
When you complete this lesson, you will be able to define what catalytic reforming is, discuss the basic chemistry involved in reforming, and identify and describe the catalytic reforming process and components.
705-07 Fluid Catalytic Cracking (In Production)
When you complete this lesson, you will be able to define what fluid catalytic cracker is, discuss the principles of cracking, and identify and describe the fluid catalytic cracking process and components.
705-09 Coker Operations (In Production)
When you complete this lesson, you will be able to define what a coker unit is, describe its inputs and outputs, and identify coker unit processes and components.
705-11 Gasoline Blending
When you complete this lesson, you will be able to describe what gasoline blending is, discuss the process to blend gasoline and why blending plays such an important role in refinery operations, and describe the significance of octane and gasoline additives in the gasoline blending process.
705-13 Sweeting
When you complete this lesson, you will be able to identify and discuss what gas sweetening is and what role amines and solvent have in the sweetening process, and the process and equipment associated with a sweetening plant.
705-15 Sulfuric Acid Plant (In Production)
When you complete this lesson, you will be able to define what a sulfur plant is, discuss the process most commonly used for sulfur recovery, and identify and describe the system components used in this process, the uses of elemental sulfur, and regulatory issues surrounding the production of sulfur.