Chem Plant Operators Dicrionary

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Operators DictionaryTABLE OF CONTENTS

1 A ................................................................................................................................................................... 16

1.1 ABSOLUTE PRESSURE ......................................................................................................................... 16

1.2 ABSOLUTE TEMPERATURE ................................................................................................................. 16

1.3 ABSORPTION PROCESS ....................................................................................................................... 16

1.4 ACCELERATOR ...................................................................................................................................... 16

1.5 ACCUMULATOR ..................................................................................................................................... 16

1.6 ACETYLENE C2H2 .................................................................................................................................. 16

1.7 ACID ......................................................................................................................................................... 16

1.8 ADDITIVE ................................................................................................................................................. 16

1.9 ADIP ......................................................................................................................................................... 16

1.10 ADIP TREATING ...................................................................................................................................... 16

1.11 ADSORPTION PROCESS ....................................................................................................................... 16

1.12 AEROBIC ................................................................................................................................................. 17

1.13 AEROMETER ........................................................................................................................................... 17

1.14 AGGREGATE ........................................................................................................................................... 17

1.15 AIR-BLOWN ASPHALT ........................................................................................................................... 17

1.16 AIR HEAT EXCHANGER ......................................................................................................................... 17

1.17 AIR SWEETENING .................................................................................................................................. 17

1.18 ALCOHOLS .............................................................................................................................................. 17

1.19 ALGAE ..................................................................................................................................................... 17

1.20 ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS .............................................................................................................. 17

1.21 ALKALI ..................................................................................................................................................... 17

1.22 ALKALI TEST .......................................................................................................................................... 17

1.23 ALKALINE ................................................................................................................................................ 17

1.24 ALKALINITY ............................................................................................................................................ 17

1.25 ALKYLATION ........................................................................................................................................... 17

1.26 ALLOY ...................................................................................................................................................... 18

1.27 AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE ................................................................................................... 18

1.28 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING MATERIALS .............................................................................. 18

1.29 AMINE ...................................................................................................................................................... 18

1.30 AMMONIA NH3 ........................................................................................................................................ 18

1.31 ANAEROBIC ............................................................................................................................................ 18

1.32 ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................................ 18

1.33 ANHYDROUS ........................................................................................................................................... 18

1.34 ANILINE POINT ....................................................................................................................................... 18

1.35 ANNEALING ............................................................................................................................................ 18

1.36 ANTIFOAM AGENT ................................................................................................................................. 18

1.37 ANTI-KNOCK ........................................................................................................................................... 18

1.38 ANTI-KNOCK AGENT ............................................................................................................................. 18

1.39 ANTIOXIDANT ......................................................................................................................................... 18

1.40 ANTI-STATIC ADDITIVE ......................................................................................................................... 19

1.41 API GRAVITY ........................................................................................................................................... 19

1.42 AROMATIC BLEND ................................................................................................................................. 19

1.43 AROMATICS ............................................................................................................................................ 19

1.44 ASH .......................................................................................................................................................... 19

1.45 ASH CONTENT ........................................................................................................................................ 19

1.46 ASPHALT ................................................................................................................................................. 19

1.47 ASPHALTENES ....................................................................................................................................... 19

1.48 ASPHALTIC BASE CRUDE OILS ........................................................................................................... 19

1.49 ASPHALTIC BITUMEN ............................................................................................................................ 19

1.50 ASPIRATOR ............................................................................................................................................. 19

1.51 ASSOCIATED NATURAL GAS ............................................................................................................... 20

1.52 ASTM DISTILLATION .............................................................................................................................. 20


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Operators Dictionary1.53 ASTM GUM TEST .................................................................................................................................... 20

1.54 ASTM MELTING POINT .......................................................................................................................... 20

1.55 ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE .................................................................................................................. 20

1.56 ATOM ....................................................................................................................................................... 20

1.57 ATOMISE\ ................................................................................................................................................ 20

1.58 ATTEMPERATOR\ ................................................................................................................................... 20

1.59 ATTRITION\ .............................................................................................................................................. 201.60 AUTO IGNITION POINT........................................................................................................................... 20

1.61 AVERAGE BOILING POINT .................................................................................................................... 20

1.62 AVGAS ..................................................................................................................................................... 20

1.63 AVIATION GASOLINE ............................................................................................................................. 20

1.64 AVTAG ..................................................................................................................................................... 21

1.65 AVTUR ..................................................................................................................................................... 21

1.66 AZEOTROPE ........................................................................................................................................... 21

1.67 AZEOTROPIC DISTILLATION ................................................................................................................ 21

2 B ................................................................................................................................................................... 22

2.1 BACK PRESSURE ................................................................................................................................... 22

2.2 BAFFLE .................................................................................................................................................... 222.3 BALANCED DRAUGHT........................................................................................................................... 22

2.4 BAR OVER ............................................................................................................................................... 22

2.5 BAROMETER ........................................................................................................................................... 22

2.6 BAROMETRIC CONDENSER ................................................................................................................. 22

2.7 BAROMETRIC LEG ................................................................................................................................. 22

2.8 BARREL ................................................................................................................................................... 22

2.9 BASIC SEDIMENT AND WATER ............................................................................................................ 22

2.10 BATCH ..................................................................................................................................................... 22

2.11 BATCH PROCESS ................................................................................................................................... 22

2.12 BATTERY ................................................................................................................................................. 22

2.13 BATTERY LIMITS .................................................................................................................................... 222.14 BEARING ................................................................................................................................................. 22

2.15 BENZENE C6H6 ........................................................................................................................................ 23

2.16 BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD) ........................................................................................... 23

2.17 BIODEGRADATION................................................................................................................................. 23

2.18 BIOTREATER .......................................................................................................................................... 23

2.19 BITUMEN ................................................................................................................................................. 23

2.20 BLACK PRODUCTS ................................................................................................................................ 23

2.21 BLANK - See Spade ................................................................................................................................ 23

2.22 BLEEDING ............................................................................................................................................... 23

2.23 BLEND ..................................................................................................................................................... 23

2.24 BLENDED FUEL OIL ............................................................................................................................... 232.25 BLENDING ............................................................................................................................................... 23

2.26 BLENDING STOCK ................................................................................................................................. 23

2.27 BLENDING VALUE (ANTI-KNOCK) ....................................................................................................... 23

2.28 BLOCK VALVE ........................................................................................................................................ 23

2.29 BLOCKED OPERATION ......................................................................................................................... 23

2.30 BLOWBACK ............................................................................................................................................ 24

2.31 BLOW-BY ................................................................................................................................................. 24

2.32 BLOWDOWN ........................................................................................................................................... 24

2.33 BLOWER .................................................................................................................................................. 24

2.34 BLOWN BITUMEN ................................................................................................................................... 24

2.35 BLUE SMOKE .......................................................................................................................................... 242.36 BOILING POINT (AT A GIVEN PRESSURE) .......................................................................................... 24

2.37 BOILING RANGE ..................................................................................................................................... 24

2.38 BOMB ....................................................................................................................................................... 24

2.39 BOND ....................................................................................................................................................... 24


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Operators Dictionary2.40 BOOSTER STATION ............................................................................................................................... 24

2.41 BOTTLED GAS ........................................................................................................................................ 24

2.42 BOTTOMS ................................................................................................................................................ 24

2.43 BOX-IN ..................................................................................................................................................... 24

2.44 BOX-UP .................................................................................................................................................... 25

2.45 BRAKE HORSEPOWER ......................................................................................................................... 25

2.46 BREAKER POINT .................................................................................................................................... 252.47 BREATHING ............................................................................................................................................ 25

2.48 BRINE ....................................................................................................................................................... 25

2.49 BRITISH THERMAL UNIT (BTU) ............................................................................................................ 25

2.50 BRITOLITE ............................................................................................................................................... 25

2.51 BUFFER ................................................................................................................................................... 25

2.52 BUG COUNT ............................................................................................................................................ 25

2.53 BULK CRUSHING STRENGTH ............................................................................................................... 25

2.54 BULK DENSITY ....................................................................................................................................... 25

2.55 BUND WALL ............................................................................................................................................ 25

2.56 BUNKER FUEL ........................................................................................................................................ 25

2.57 BURNING OIL .......................................................................................................................................... 252.58 BUTANE C4H10 ......................................................................................................................................... 26

2.59 BUTANE DE-ASPHALTING .................................................................................................................... 26

2.60 BYPRODUCT ........................................................................................................................................... 26

3 C ................................................................................................................................................................... 27

3.1 C1,C2,C3,C4,C5.......................................................................................................................................... 27

3.2 CALIBRATION ......................................................................................................................................... 27

3.3 CALMING SECTION TRAYS ................................................................................................................... 27

3.4 CALORIE .................................................................................................................................................. 27

3.5 CALORIFIC VALUE ................................................................................................................................. 27

3.6 CANDLEPOWER ..................................................................................................................................... 27

3.7 CAPILLARITY .......................................................................................................................................... 273.8 CARBON .................................................................................................................................................. 27

3.9 CARBON (FIXED CARBON) ................................................................................................................... 27

3.10 CARBON DEPOSIT ................................................................................................................................. 27

3.11 CARBON DIOXIDE .................................................................................................................................. 27

3.12 CARBON MONOXIDE ............................................................................................................................. 27

3.13 CARBURETTOR ...................................................................................................................................... 28

3.14 CARRYOVER ........................................................................................................................................... 28

3.15 CASCADE TRAY ..................................................................................................................................... 28

3.16 CATALYSIS ............................................................................................................................................. 28

3.17 CATALYST ............................................................................................................................................... 28

3.18 CATALYST POISON................................................................................................................................ 283.19 CATALYTIC PROCESS ........................................................................................................................... 28

3.20 CATALYTIC REFORMING ...................................................................................................................... 28

3.21 CATHODIC PROTECTION ...................................................................................................................... 28

3.22 CAUSTIC SODA ...................................................................................................................................... 28

3.23 CENTRIGRADE (CELSIUS) SCALE ....................................................................................................... 28

3.24 CENTIPOISE, CENTISTOKES ................................................................................................................ 28

3.25 CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR ............................................................................................................. 29

3.26 CENTRIFUGAL PUMP............................................................................................................................. 29

3.27 CENTRIFUGE .......................................................................................................................................... 29

3.28 CERAMIC BALLS .................................................................................................................................... 29

3.29 CETANE NUMBER .................................................................................................................................. 293.30 CFR ENGINE ............................................................................................................................................ 29

3.31 CHANNELING .......................................................................................................................................... 29

3.32 CHARACTERISATION ............................................................................................................................ 29

3.33 CHAR VALUE .......................................................................................................................................... 29


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Operators Dictionary3.34 CHECK VALVE (NON RETURN VALVE) ............................................................................................... 29

3.35 CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD) .................................................................................................. 29

3.36 CHLORINATION ...................................................................................................................................... 29

3.37 CHROMOMETER - See Colorimeter ...................................................................................................... 29

3.38 CLADDING ............................................................................................................................................... 29

3.39 CLAUS PROCESS ................................................................................................................................... 29

3.40 CLEAR GASOLINE .................................................................................................................................. 303.41 CLOUD POINT ......................................................................................................................................... 30

3.42 COAGULATION ....................................................................................................................................... 30

3.43 COALESCER ........................................................................................................................................... 30

3.44 COASTAL TANKER Ltd- (CTL) .............................................................................................................. 30

3.45 COEFFICIENT OF EXPANSION ............................................................................................................. 30

3.46 COFFERDAMS ........................................................................................................................................ 30

3.47 COKE ....................................................................................................................................................... 30

3.48 COKE DRUM ............................................................................................................................................ 30

3.49 COLD FILTER PLUGGING POINT .......................................................................................................... 30

3.50 COLORIMETER ....................................................................................................................................... 30

3.51 COMBINED FEED RATIO (CFR) ............................................................................................................ 303.52 COMBUSTION ......................................................................................................................................... 30

3.53 COMBUSTION CHAMBER ...................................................................................................................... 30

3.54 COMPATABILITY .................................................................................................................................... 30

3.55 COMPOUND ............................................................................................................................................ 30

3.56 COMPRESSION ....................................................................................................................................... 31

3.57 COMPRESSION IGNITION ...................................................................................................................... 31

3.58 COMPRESSION RATIO .......................................................................................................................... 31

3.59 COMPRESSOR ........................................................................................................................................ 31

3.60 CONDENSATE ......................................................................................................................................... 31

3.61 CONDENSATION (PHYSICAL) ............................................................................................................... 31

3.62 CONDENSER ........................................................................................................................................... 31

3.63 CONDENSER BOX .................................................................................................................................. 31

3.64 CONDUCTIVITY ....................................................................................................................................... 31

3.65 CONGEAL ................................................................................................................................................ 31

3.66 CONTINUOUS CATALYST REGENERATOR ........................................................................................ 31

3.67 CONTINUOUS DISTILLATION ................................................................................................................ 31

3.68 CONTROL LOOP ..................................................................................................................................... 31

3.69 CONTROLLER ......................................................................................................................................... 31

3.70 CONVECTION .......................................................................................................................................... 31

3.71 CONVECTION SECTION ......................................................................................................................... 32

3.72 CONVENTIONAL PRODUCTS ................................................................................................................ 32

3.73 CONVERSION PROCESSES .................................................................................................................. 32

3.74 COOLER .................................................................................................................................................. 32

3.75 COOLING TOWER ................................................................................................................................... 32

3.76 COPPER STRIP CORROSION ................................................................................................................ 32

3.77 CORRECTED ENERGY & LOSS (CEL) .................................................................................................. 32

3.78 CORROSION ............................................................................................................................................ 32

3.79 COUNTERCURRENT FLOW ................................................................................................................... 32

3.80 CRACKING .............................................................................................................................................. 32

3.81 CREDITORS ............................................................................................................................................. 32

3.82 CREEP ..................................................................................................................................................... 32

3.83 CRITERIA REFERENCED INSTRUCTION ............................................................................................. 32

3.84 CRITICAL PRESSURE ............................................................................................................................ 32

3.85 CRITICAL TEMPERATURE .................................................................................................................... 32

3.86 CRITICAL VELOCITY .............................................................................................................................. 33

3.87 CRUDE NAPHTHA .................................................................................................................................. 33

3.88 CRUDE OIL TYPES ................................................................................................................................. 33


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Operators Dictionary3.89 CRUDE WAX ............................................................................................................................................ 33

3.90 CRYSTALISATION .................................................................................................................................. 33

3.91 CUSTODY TRANSFER TANKS .............................................................................................................. 33

3.92 CURRENT RATE ..................................................................................................................................... 33

3.93 CUT........................................................................................................................................................... 33

3.94 CUT POINT .............................................................................................................................................. 33

3.95 CYCLISATION ......................................................................................................................................... 333.96 CYCLONE SEPARATOR ........................................................................................................................ 33

4 D ................................................................................................................................................................... 34

4.1 DAMPER .................................................................................................................................................. 34

4.2 DEACTIVATION ....................................................................................................................................... 34

4.3 DEADWEIGHT ......................................................................................................................................... 34

4.4 DEARATOR ............................................................................................................................................. 34

4.5 DEBTORS ................................................................................................................................................ 34

4.6 DECOMPOSITION ................................................................................................................................... 34

4.7 DEFERRED TAXATION .......................................................................................................................... 34

4.8 DEHYDRATION ....................................................................................................................................... 34

4.9 DEHYDROCYCLISATION ....................................................................................................................... 344.10 DEHYDROGENATION ............................................................................................................................. 34

4.11 DEIONIZED WATER ................................................................................................................................ 34

4.12 DEISOLATION ......................................................................................................................................... 34

4.13 DEMISTER ............................................................................................................................................... 34

4.14 DEMULSIFIER ......................................................................................................................................... 34

4.15 DEMURRAGE .......................................................................................................................................... 34

4.16 DENITRIFICATION .................................................................................................................................. 35

4.17 DENSE BED LOADING ........................................................................................................................... 35

4.18 DEOXYGENATION .................................................................................................................................. 35

4.19 DESALTING ............................................................................................................................................. 35

4.20 DESULPHURISATION - See Hydrodesulphurisation .......................................................................... 354.21 DESUPERHEATER.................................................................................................................................. 35

4.22 DETERGENCY ......................................................................................................................................... 35

4.23 DETERGENT OIL ..................................................................................................................................... 35

4.24 DETONATION .......................................................................................................................................... 35

4.25 DEW POINT (at a given pressure) ......................................................................................................... 35

4.26 DEWAXING .............................................................................................................................................. 35

4.27 DIESEL ENGINE ...................................................................................................................................... 35

4.28 DIESEL FUEL .......................................................................................................................................... 35

4.29 DIESEL INDEX ......................................................................................................................................... 35

4.30 DIFLUOROETHANE ................................................................................................................................ 36

4.31 DILUENT .................................................................................................................................................. 364.32 DIPPING ................................................................................................................................................... 36

4.33 DISTILLATE ............................................................................................................................................. 36

4.34 DISTILLATION (fractional) ..................................................................................................................... 36

4.35 DISTILLATION CURVE ........................................................................................................................... 36

4.36 DISTILLATION LOSS .............................................................................................................................. 36

4.37 DISTRIBUTOR (LIQUID/GAS) ................................................................................................................. 36

4.38 DISULPHIDE ............................................................................................................................................ 36

4.39 DIVIDEND COVER ................................................................................................................................... 36

4.40 DIVIDEND YIELD ..................................................................................................................................... 36

4.41 DOCTOR SOLUTION............................................................................................................................... 36

4.42 DOCTOR TREATMENT ........................................................................................................................... 364.43 DOLPHIN .................................................................................................................................................. 37

4.44 DOWNCOMER ......................................................................................................................................... 37

4.45 DOWNSTREAM ....................................................................................................................................... 37

4.46 DRAW OFF .............................................................................................................................................. 37


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Operators Dictionary4.47 DRY GAS ................................................................................................................................................. 37

4.48 DUAL PURPOSE KEROSENE ................................................................................................................ 37

5 E ................................................................................................................................................................... 38

5.1 EARNINGS PER SHARE (CENTS) ......................................................................................................... 38

5.2 ECONOMISER ......................................................................................................................................... 38

5.3 EJECTOR ................................................................................................................................................. 38

5.4 ELASTOMER ........................................................................................................................................... 385.5 ELECTRICAL ISOLATION CERTIFICATE ............................................................................................. 38

5.6 ELECTROLYSIS ...................................................................................................................................... 38

5.7 EMULSIFIER ............................................................................................................................................ 38

5.8 EMULSION ............................................................................................................................................... 38

5.9 END POINT .............................................................................................................................................. 38

5.10 ENDOTHERMIC ....................................................................................................................................... 38

5.11 ENGINE OIL ............................................................................................................................................. 38

5.12 ENGLER DISTILLATION ......................................................................................................................... 38

5.13 ENTRAINMENT ........................................................................................................................................ 38

5.14 EROSION ................................................................................................................................................. 38

5.15 ETHANE C2H6.......................................................................................................................................... 395.16 ETHENE ................................................................................................................................................... 39

5.17 EVACUATION .......................................................................................................................................... 39

5.18 EVAPORATION ....................................................................................................................................... 39

5.19 EVAPORATOR ........................................................................................................................................ 39

5.20 EX SITU REGEN ...................................................................................................................................... 39

5.21 EXOTHERMIC .......................................................................................................................................... 39

5.22 EXPANSION JOINT ................................................................................................................................. 39

5.23 EXTRACT ................................................................................................................................................. 39

5.24 EXTRACTION .......................................................................................................................................... 39

5.25 EXTRACTION DEPTH ............................................................................................................................. 39

5.26 EXTRACTOR ........................................................................................................................................... 395.27 EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS ...................................................................................................................... 39

5.28 EXTREME PRESSURE LUBRICANTS ................................................................................................... 39

6 F................................................................................................................................................................... 40

6.1 FAECAL COLIFORM (F. COLI.) .............................................................................................................. 40

6.2 FATIGUE .................................................................................................................................................. 40

6.3 FEED PREPARATION UNIT ................................................................................................................... 40

6.4 FEEDSTOCK ............................................................................................................................................ 40

6.5 FILTER ..................................................................................................................................................... 40

6.6 FILTRATE ................................................................................................................................................ 40

6.7 FIN FAN .................................................................................................................................................... 40

6.8 FIRE WALL .............................................................................................................................................. 406.9 FIXED-BED OPERATION ........................................................................................................................ 40

6.10 FLAME ARRESTOR ................................................................................................................................ 40

6.11 FLAMMABLE ........................................................................................................................................... 40

6.12 FLASH ...................................................................................................................................................... 40

6.13 FLASH DISTILLATION ............................................................................................................................ 40

6.14 FLASH POINT .......................................................................................................................................... 40

6.15 FLEXIBLE VOLATILITY INDEX .............................................................................................................. 41

6.16 FLOATING HEAD .................................................................................................................................... 41

6.17 FLOATING ROOF .................................................................................................................................... 41

6.18 FLOC ........................................................................................................................................................ 41

6.19 FLOCCULATION ..................................................................................................................................... 416.20 FLOODING ............................................................................................................................................... 41

6.21 FLUE GAS ................................................................................................................................................ 41

6.22 FLUID ....................................................................................................................................................... 41

6.23 FLUID BED OPERATION ........................................................................................................................ 41


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Operators Dictionary6.24 FOAM ....................................................................................................................................................... 41

6.25 FOAMING ................................................................................................................................................. 41

6.26 FORCED DRAUGHT................................................................................................................................ 41

6.27 FRACTION ............................................................................................................................................... 41

6.28 FRACTIONAL CONDENSATION ............................................................................................................ 42

6.29 FRACTIONATING COLUMN ................................................................................................................... 42

6.30 FRACTIONATING TRAYS ....................................................................................................................... 426.31 FRACTIONATION .................................................................................................................................... 42

6.32 FREE ON BOARD (FOB) ........................................................................................................................ 42

6.33 FREE WATER .......................................................................................................................................... 42

6.34 FREEZE POINT ........................................................................................................................................ 42

6.35 FREEZING POINT .................................................................................................................................... 42

6.36 FRESH GAS ............................................................................................................................................. 42

6.37 FRICTION ................................................................................................................................................. 42

6.38 FUEL AIR RATIO ..................................................................................................................................... 42

6.39 FUEL CELL .............................................................................................................................................. 42

6.40 FUEL GAS ................................................................................................................................................ 43

6.41 FUEL OIL ................................................................................................................................................. 436.42 FUNCTIONAL LOGIC SCHEME ............................................................................................................. 43

6.43 FUNCTIONAL LOGIC SYSTEM .............................................................................................................. 43

6.44 FURNACE ................................................................................................................................................ 43

6.45 FURNACE PASS ..................................................................................................................................... 43

7 G ................................................................................................................................................................... 44

7.1 GAP .......................................................................................................................................................... 44

7.2 GAS HOLDER .......................................................................................................................................... 44

7.3 GAS OIL ................................................................................................................................................... 44

7.4 GAS/OIL RATIO ....................................................................................................................................... 44

7.5 GASOLINE ............................................................................................................................................... 44

7.6 GAS TURBINE ......................................................................................................................................... 447.7 GATHERING STATION ........................................................................................................................... 44

7.8 GEAR OIL ................................................................................................................................................ 44

7.9 GLAND ..................................................................................................................................................... 44

7.10 GOVERNOR ............................................................................................................................................. 44

7.11 GRAVITOMETER ..................................................................................................................................... 44

7.12 GRID TRAYS ............................................................................................................................................ 44

7.13 GUM.......................................................................................................................................................... 44

8 H ................................................................................................................................................................... 45

8.1 HAMER LINE BLIND ............................................................................................................................... 45

8.2 HEADER ................................................................................................................................................... 45

8.3 HEAT CAPACITY ..................................................................................................................................... 458.4 HEAT EXCHANGER ................................................................................................................................ 45

8.5 HEAT OF COMBUSTION ........................................................................................................................ 45

8.6 HEATER ................................................................................................................................................... 45

8.7 HI-FI TRAYS ............................................................................................................................................. 45

8.8 HIGH VACUUM UNIT............................................................................................................................... 45

8.9 HORSEPOWER ....................................................................................................................................... 45

8.10 HORTON SPHERE .................................................................................................................................. 45

8.11 HOT OIL ................................................................................................................................................... 45

8.12 HOT SPOT ............................................................................................................................................... 45

8.13 HUMIDITY ................................................................................................................................................ 45

8.14 HYDRATE ................................................................................................................................................ 468.15 HYDRATION ............................................................................................................................................ 46

8.16 HYDRAULIC FLUIDS............................................................................................................................... 46

8.17 HYDROCARBON ..................................................................................................................................... 46

8.18 HYDROCHLORIC ACID........................................................................................................................... 46


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Operators Dictionary8.19 HYDROCRACKING ................................................................................................................................. 46

8.20 HYDRODEALKYLATION ........................................................................................................................ 46

8.21 HYDRODESULPHURIZATION ................................................................................................................ 46

8.22 HYDROGEN ............................................................................................................................................. 46

8.23 HYDROGEN BLISTERING ...................................................................................................................... 46

8.24 HYDROGEN SULPHIDE .......................................................................................................................... 46

8.25 HYDROGENATION .................................................................................................................................. 468.26 HYDROLYSIS .......................................................................................................................................... 46

8.27 HYDROMETER ........................................................................................................................................ 47

8.28 HYDROSTATIC HEAD............................................................................................................................. 47

1.29 HYDROSTATIC TEST.............................................................................................................................. 47

8.30 HYDROTREATING .................................................................................................................................. 47

9 I ..................................................................................................................................................................... 48

9.1 IGNITION POINT ...................................................................................................................................... 48

9.2 IGNITION QUALITY ................................................................................................................................. 48

9.3 IMMISCIBLE ............................................................................................................................................. 48

9.4 INCOMPATIBLE ...................................................................................................................................... 48

9.5 INDIGENOUS FEEDSTOCK .................................................................................................................... 489.6 INDUCED DRAUGHT .............................................................................................................................. 48

9.7 INERT ENTRY .......................................................................................................................................... 48

9.8 INERT GAS .............................................................................................................................................. 48

9.9 INERT FILLER ......................................................................................................................................... 48

9.10 INFLAMMABLE ....................................................................................................................................... 48

9.11 INHIBITOR ............................................................................................................................................... 48

9.12 INITIAL BOILING POINT ......................................................................................................................... 48

9.13 INJECTOR ................................................................................................................................................ 48

9.14 IN-LINE BLENDING ................................................................................................................................. 48

9.15 INORGANIC ............................................................................................................................................. 49

9.16 INSITU REGEN ........................................................................................................................................ 499.17 INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM ................................................................................................................. 49

9.18 INTERCEPTOR ........................................................................................................................................ 49

9.19 INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE ....................................................................................................... 49

9.20 ION EXCHANGE RESINS ....................................................................................................................... 49

9.21 ISOLATE .................................................................................................................................................. 49

9.22 ISOMER .................................................................................................................................................... 49

9.23 ISOMERISATION ..................................................................................................................................... 49

9.24 ISO-OCTANE C8H18 (2,2,4-TRIMETHYLPENTANE) ............................................................................ 49

9.25 ISOTOPE .................................................................................................................................................. 49

10 J.................................................................................................................................................................... 50

10.1 JET A1 ...................................................................................................................................................... 5010.2 JET ENGINE (see also Gas Turbine)..................................................................................................... 50

10.3 JET FUEL ................................................................................................................................................. 50

10.4 JETTY HOSE ........................................................................................................................................... 50

11 K ................................................................................................................................................................... 51

11.1 KELVIN ..................................................................................................................................................... 51

11.2 KEROSENE .............................................................................................................................................. 51

11.3 KETTLE REBOILER ................................................................................................................................ 51

11.4 KNOCK ..................................................................................................................................................... 51

11.5 KNOCKOUT (DRUM OR VESSEL) ......................................................................................................... 51

12 L................................................................................................................................................................... 52

12.1 LAGGING ................................................................................................................................................. 5212.2 LASER ALIGNMENT ............................................................................................................................... 52

12.3 LATENT HEAT ......................................................................................................................................... 52

12.4 LEAD ........................................................................................................................................................ 52


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Operators Dictionary12.5 LEAD ACETATE TEST ............................................................................................................................ 52

12.6 LEAD SUSCEPTIBILITY ......................................................................................................................... 52

12.7 LEADED GASOLINE ............................................................................................................................... 52

12.8 LEAN ADIP .............................................................................................................................................. 52

12.9 LICHEN .................................................................................................................................................... 52

12.10 LIGHT DISTILLATE.............................................................................................................................. 52

12.11 LIGHT ENDS ........................................................................................................................................ 5212.12 LIGHT TOPS ......................................................................................................................................... 52

12.13 LINEAR PROGRAMME (LP) ............................................................................................................... 52

12.14 LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG) ..................................................................................................... 52

12.15 LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LPG)................................................................................................ 53

12.16 LIQUID PHASE ..................................................................................................................................... 53

12.17 LIQUID SEAL ....................................................................................................................................... 53

12.18 LITRE .................................................................................................................................................... 53

12.19 LIVE STEAM ......................................................................................................................................... 53

12.20 LOAD-ON-TOP SYSTEM ..................................................................................................................... 53

12.21 LOADING RACK .................................................................................................................................. 53

12.22 LOGIC ................................................................................................................................................... 5312.23 LONG RESIDUE ................................................................................................................................... 53

12.24 LOST TIME ACCIDENT (LTI) .............................................................................................................. 53

12.25 LOW VISCOSITY INDEX ..................................................................................................................... 53

12.26 LOWER EXPLOSIVE LIMIT ................................................................................................................. 53

12.27 LUBOIL ................................................................................................................................................. 53

12.28 LUBRICANT ......................................................................................................................................... 53

12.29 LUBRICATING OIL .............................................................................................................................. 54

12.30 LUBRICATION ..................................................................................................................................... 54

13 M................................................................................................................................................................... 55

13.1 M CAP DECK ........................................................................................................................................... 55

13.2 MANIFOLD ............................................................................................................................................... 5513.3 MANOMETER .......................................................................................................................................... 55

13.4 MASS SPECTROMETER ........................................................................................................................ 55

13.5 MELTING POINT ...................................................................................................................................... 55

13.6 MERCAPTANS ........................................................................................................................................ 55

13.7 METHANATOR ........................................................................................................................................ 55

13.8 METHANE CH4 ........................................................................................................................................ 55

13.9 METHANE SERIES .................................................................................................................................. 55

13.10 METHANOL .......................................................................................................................................... 55

13.11 METHYL CHLOROFORM .................................................................................................................... 55

13.12 METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER (MTBE) .................................................................................... 55

13.13 METRIC SYSTEM ................................................................................................................................. 5613.14 MICROCRYSTALLINE WAXES ........................................................................................................... 56

13.15 MIDDLE DISTILLATE........................................................................................................................... 56

13.16 MINERAL OIL ....................................................................................................................................... 56

13.17 MINIMUM STOP ................................................................................................................................... 56

13.18 MISCIBLE ............................................................................................................................................. 56

13.19 MIXED BASE CRUDE .......................................................................................................................... 56

13.20 MIXER ................................................................................................................................................... 56

13.21 MIXING VALVE .................................................................................................................................... 56

13.22 MIXTURE .............................................................................................................................................. 56

13.23 MOLE PERCENT .................................................................................................................................. 56

13.24 MOLECULAR WEIGHT ........................................................................................................................ 5613.25 MOLECULE .......................................................................................................................................... 56

13.26 MOTOR GASOLINE ............................................................................................................................. 56

13.27 MOTOR OCTANE NUMBER (MON) .................................................................................................... 57

13.28 MOTORISED VALVE ........................................................................................................................... 57


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Operators Dictionary13.29 MULTIGRADE OIL ............................................................................................................................... 57

13.30 MULTISTAGE PUMP ........................................................................................................................... 57

14 N ................................................................................................................................................................... 58

14.1 NAPHTHA ................................................................................................................................................ 58

14.2 NAPHTHENE ........................................................................................................................................... 58

14.3 NAPHTHENIC ACID ................................................................................................................................ 58

14.4 NAPHTHENIC CRUDE ............................................................................................................................ 5814.5 NATURAL DRAUGHT ............................................................................................................................. 58

14.6 NATURAL GAS ........................................................................................................................................ 58

14.7 NATURAL GASOLINE............................................................................................................................. 58

14.8 NET ASSET BACKING/SHARE .............................................................................................................. 58

14.9 NET PROFIT AFTER TAX ....................................................................................................................... 58

14.10 NET PROFIT BEFORE TAX ................................................................................................................ 58

14.11 NEUTRAL ............................................................................................................................................. 58

14.12 NEUTRON ............................................................................................................................................ 58

14.13 NITROGEN ........................................................................................................................................... 59

14.14 NITROGEN BASE ................................................................................................................................ 59

14.15 NON-ASSOCIATED NATURAL GAS .................................................................................................. 5914.16 NON CUSTODY TRANSFER TANKS ................................................................................................. 59

14.17 NORMALISE ......................................................................................................................................... 59

15 O ................................................................................................................................................................... 60

15.1 OCTANE ................................................................................................................................................... 60

15.2 OIL RING .................................................................................................................................................. 60

15.3 OIL SHALE ............................................................................................................................................... 60

15.4 OLEFINS .................................................................................................................................................. 60

15.5 ONCE-THROUGH .................................................................................................................................... 60

15.6 ON STREAM ............................................................................................................................................ 60

15.7 ORGANIC ................................................................................................................................................. 60

15.8 ORIFICE METER ...................................................................................................................................... 6015.9 ORIFICE PLATE ...................................................................................................................................... 60

15.10 OSMOSIS ............................................................................................................................................. 60

15.11 OUTPUT ............................................................................................................................................... 60

15.12 OVERHEADS ....................................................................................................................................... 60

15.13 OVERLAP ............................................................................................................................................. 61

15.14 OXIDATION .......................................................................................................................................... 61

15.15 OXIDIZING FLAME .............................................................................................................................. 61

16 P ................................................................................................................................................................... 62

16.1 PACKED TOWER .................................................................................................................................... 62

16.2 PACKING ................................................................................................................................................. 62

16.3 PALL RINGS ............................................................................................................................................ 6216.4 PARAFFIN-BASE CRUDE ...................................................................................................................... 62

16.5 PARAFFINS ............................................................................................................................................. 62

16.6 PARAFFIN WAX ...................................................................................................................................... 62

16.7 PARTIAL CONDENSER .......................................................................................................................... 62

16.8 PARTIAL PRESSURE ............................................................................................................................. 62

1.9 PENETRATION ........................................................................................................................................ 62

16.10 PERMIT TO WORK .............................................................................................................................. 62

16.11 PETROIL MIXTURE (2 STROKE MIX) ................................................................................................ 62

16.12 PETROL ................................................................................................................................................ 62

16.13 PETROLEUM ........................................................................................................................................ 63

16.14 PETROLEUM NAPHTHA ..................................................................................................................... 6316.15 PETROLEUM SPIRITS ........................................................................................................................ 63

16.16 PETROLEUM WAX .............................................................................................................................. 63

16.17 PHENOL ............................................................................................................................................... 63


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Operators Dictionary16.18 PHOSPHATE ........................................................................................................................................ 63

16.19 pH VALUE ............................................................................................................................................ 63

16.20 PIG ........................................................................................................................................................ 63

16.21 PILOT PLANT ....................................................................................................................................... 63

16.22 PIPELINE .............................................................................................................................................. 63

16.23 PISTON ................................................................................................................................................. 63

16.24 PISTON RING ....................................................................................................................................... 6316.25 PITTING ................................................................................................................................................ 63

16.26 PLASTICIZERS ........................

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