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Energy-saving membrane offers a new alternative to conventional crude oil refining
A team of researchers from Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) and ...
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Next‑generation membranes can refine crude oil using under half the energy of distillation
Oil refining is necessary for transforming raw, unusable crude oil into valuable goods like gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and ...
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Energy-saving membrane can separate crude oil at room temperature
An international research has developed a membrane technology that could significantly reduce the energy required for crude ...
Distillation is the predominant method for chemical separation across the petrochemical, pharmaceutical and fine-chemical industries. Traditional column designs often suffer from high thermal energy ...
In this video, Fran Scott explains fractional distillation - the separation of crude oil into fractions. Crude oil is a finite resource; petrol and other fuels are produced from it using fractional ...
CORRECTION: This story was updated on Dec. 16, 2015, to correct the description of distillation and to clarify the separation difficulty posed by azeotropes. A new method for heating liquid mixtures ...
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