A number of refineries utilize a combination of technologies to effectively measure and enhance the distillation of crude oil into isolated hydrocarbon components, in order for them to be processed ...

Listen to the full series on BBC Sounds. Fractional distillation works because the different liquids have different boiling points. When the mixture is heated: vapours rise through a column which is ...

The LSU Cain Department of Chemical Engineering recently completed a journey of several years with the installation of its new distillation columns. The towering structure consumes two floors of ...