Refinery
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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
- Oil refinery
- Sugar refinery
- Gas refinery
- Alumina refinery
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