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The “light ends” unit is the only process in a refinery configuration that is designed to separate “almost” pure components from the crude oil. Its growth initially resulted from the need of those components such as butanes and propanes to satisfy a market of portable cooking fuel and industrial fuels. The need for modern gasolines has added to the demand for light ends to make high-octane blending components. This chapter describes the process and design of units to separate the light ends into useful products or into cuts for further processing in the refinery. An example design is provided.
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Jones, D.S.J. (2014). Distillation of the “Light Ends” from Crude Oil in Petroleum Processing. In: Treese, S., Jones, D., Pujado, P. (eds) Handbook of Petroleum Processing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05545-9_26-1
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