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Coker unit

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This petroleum coke can either be fuel grade (high in sulphur and metals) or anode grade (low in sulphur and metals). The raw coke from the coker is often referred to as
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can be further processed in an anode baking oven in order to produce anode coke of the desired shape and physical properties. The anodes are mainly used in the
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the long chain hydrocarbon molecules in the residual oil feed into shorter chain molecules leaving behind the excess carbon in the form of petroleum coke.
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Hydrocarbon Refining staff (November 1998). "Refining Processes '98".
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The schematic flow diagram below depicts a typical delayed coker:
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removes residual volatile hydrocarbons from the coke. The
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A typical schematic flow diagram of a delayed coking unit
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There are three types of cokers used in oil refineries:
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processing unit that converts the residual oil from the
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Index

oil refinery
vacuum distillation column
hydrocarbon
gases
naphtha
gas oils
petroleum coke
cracks
green coke
calcining
rotary kiln
calcined petroleum coke
aluminium
steel
Delayed coker
delayed coker
fluid coker
flexicoker

Delayed coker
Shukhov cracking process
Burton process
Petroleum coke
Petroleum coke
IUPAC
ISBN
0-8247-7150-8
OCLC
10323572
ISSN

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