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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. technology
  3. processing technology
  4. refining
  5. thermal cracking

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thermal cracking

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  • Topic

Definition

  • Information A refining process in which heat and pressure are used to break down, rearrange, or combine hydrocarbon molecules. Thermal-cracking includes gas oil, visbreaking, fluid coking, delayed coking, and other thermal cracking processes (e.g., flexicoking).

    Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration Glossary

    Type: Concept definition

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