A refinery is composed of a group of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations used for refining certain materials or converting raw material into products of value. Refineries utilize a great many different types of physical equipment such as:

• Distillation towers and other pressure vessels
• Storage tanks
• Pumps and compressors
• Steam turbines and gas turbines
• Furnaces and steam generators
• Electric power generators, transformers and electric motors
• Filters
• Centrifuges
• Evaporators and crystallizers
• Piping and valves
• Cooling towers
• Mixers and blenders
• Crushers
• Monitoring and control systems

Examples of refineries include:

• Oil refinery
• Sugar refinery
• Gas refinery
• Alumina refinery

Chemical engineering | Petroleum | Oil refineries

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