distillation refining
1Refining — (also called affining) is the process of purification of a substance. The term is usually used of a natural resource that is almost in a usable form, but which is more useful in its pure form. For instance, most types of natural petroleum will… …
2Distillation Design —   Author(s) Henry Z. Kister Language …
3distillation — [n] distillate cleansing, purification, refining; concepts 165,367 …
4distillation — distillatory /di stil euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, distillative /di stil euh tiv/, adj. /dis tl ay sheuhn/, n. 1. the volatilization or evaporation and subsequent condensation of a liquid, as when water is boiled in a retort and the steam is condensed… …
5distillation — 1. The general process of vaporizing liquids, crude oil, or one of its fractions in a closed vessel, collecting and condensing the vapors into liquids. Commercial forms of distillation in petroleum refining are crude, atmospheric, vacuum, rerun,… …
6distillation — Synonyms and related words: aeration, aerification, artifact, atomization, blazing, blistering, bolting, brainchild, branding, burning, calcination, carbonization, cauterization, cautery, child, cineration, clarification, coinage, colature,… …
7refining — n. purification, filtration, distillation; act of making civilized, cultivation, improvement of manners or style re·fine || rɪ faɪn v. purify, filter, distill; cultivate, civilize, improve one s manners or style …
8refining oil — The operation whereby crude oil is split up into a number of commercial products by a process of fractional distillation. 24 Am J1st Gas & 0 § 123 …
9petroleum refining — Introduction conversion of crude oil into useful products. History Distillation of kerosene and naphtha The refining of crude petroleum owes its origin to the successful drilling of the first oil well in Titusville, Pa., in 1859. Prior to… …
10Vacuum distillation — At atmospheric pressure, dimethyl sulfoxide boils at 189°C. Under a vacuum, it distills off into the connected receiver at only 70°C. Vacuum distillation is a method of distillation whereby the pressure above the liquid mixture to be distilled is …