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Hunt recently installed two new units at its Tuscaloosa, Ala. facility using the UOP CCR Platforming™ Process and the UOP Unicracking™ Process.
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Hydrocracker

Hydrocracking is an essential technique in developing more efficient petroleum fuel products.

Hydrocracking is the process of taking long hydrocarbon chains and catalytically cracking them into shorter chains. This is accomplished by passing the hydrocarbon stream over catalyst at a high pressure and temperature in an environment of excess hydrogen.

This process creates light, high-quality fuels by converting heavy gas oils and heavy naphtha into diesel and light naphtha, respectively. The diesel is a finished product that has ultra-low sulfur content and is sent to product storage for sale. The naphtha produced is further separated to remove butane and pentane, which are sent to gasoline blending. The remaining naphtha is fed to the Continuous Catalytic Regenerator Platformer for fractionation, isomerization and reforming.