How to separate petroleum from crude oil . Simple or fractional distillation

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Fractional distillations is the use of distillations to separate a liquid mixture into different fractions that have different boiling point. The substances in crude oil have different boiling points, so they can be separated by fractional distillations

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Q. Arrange the following in a proper sequence for the extraction of petroleum.
(a) Processing of crude oil to remove heavy oil.
(b) Heating of the crude oil containing pure mixture of hydrocarbons over a specific range of temperature.
(c) Separation of constituents by fractional distillation.
(d) Purification of crude oil containing salt water.
(e) Drilling of the oil through the various layers under the earth's surface.

Crude petroleum oil is a complex mixture of organic liquids that occurs naturally beneath Earth’s surface. It was formed millions of years ago. Crude oil is vaporized and made to undergo fractional distillation where its components get separated as shown in the figure.

The organic liquids present in crude oil are separated in a fractional distillation chamber because they have different

Q. The following are obtained by fractional distillation of crude oil except:

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How to separate petroleum from crude oil . Simple or fractional distillation

Dear student, Fractional distillations is the use of distillations to separate a liquid mixture into different fractions that have different boiling point. The substances in crude oil have different boiling points, so they can be separated by fractional distillations Regards.

Dear student,

Fractional distillations is the use of distillations to separate a liquid mixture into different fractions that have different boiling point. The substances in crude oil have different boiling points, so they can be separated by fractional distillations

Regards.