a unit in an oil refinery in which mineral oils with high boiling points are converted to fuels with lower boiling points by a catalytic process
Often shortened to: cat cracker
catalytic cracker in Chemical Engineering
(kætəlɪtɪk krækər) or cat cracker
Word forms: (regular plural) catalytic crackers
noun
(Chemical Engineering: General)
A catalytic cracker is a part of an oil refinery in which mineral oils with high boiling points are changed to fuels with lower boiling points by a process that involves a catalyst.
Isobutene is a gaseous unsaturated hydrocarbon produced by the catalytic cracker at a refinery.
The refinery's catalytic cracker converts feedstock from the vacuum unit into high-grade lighter products.
A catalytic cracker is a part of an oil refinery in which mineral oils with high boiling points are changedto fuels with lower boiling points by a process that involves a catalyst.