visbreaker
visbreaker noun: a processing unit in oil refinery that reduces the quantity of residual oil produced in the distillation of crude oil to increase the yield of more valuable middle distillates (heating oil and diesel) by thermally cracking large hydrocarbon molecules in the oil.
Noun
visbreaker (plural visbreakers)
- A processing unit in oil refinery that reduces the quantity of residual oil produced in the distillation of crude oil to increase the yield of more valuable middle distillates (heating oil and diesel) by thermally cracking large hydrocarbon molecules in the oil.
Forms of visbreaker
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Origin of visbreaker
From viscosity breaker.
Questions about visbreaker
- What does visbreaker mean?
- Visbreaker means a processing unit in oil refinery that reduces the quantity of residual oil produced in the distillation of crude oil to increase the yield of more valuable middle distillates (heating oil and diesel) by thermally cracking large hydrocarbon molecules in the oil.
- What part of speech is visbreaker?
- Visbreaker is a noun.
- What is the plural of visbreaker?
- The plural of visbreaker is visbreakers.
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