The energy used to refine crude oil into a spectrum of products is a small fraction of the energy contained in the products and varies considerably from refinery to refinery depending on refinery configuration, crude oil composition, and amounts of gasoline and distillate produced. The manufacture of some products such as lube oils and petrochemicals increases energy usage. The refinery energy change associated with small changes in gasoline volumes cannot be assigned in an absolute way. However, an approximation is possible by exploring how the energy is allocated over the refinery product slate. This paper gives some details about this approximation. 18 refs.
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTA "transformation" method for calculating the research and motor octane numbers of gasoline blendsMichael H. Rusin, Harold S. Chung, and John F. MarshallCite this: Ind. Eng. Chem. Fundamen. 1981, 20, 3, 195–204Publication Date (Print):August 1, 1981Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 August 1981https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/i100003a003https://doi.org/10.1021/i100003a003research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views526Altmetric-Citations18LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access options Get e-Alerts