Re: [biofuels-biz] Back-yard cracking

2002-09-17 Thread Lee Sheppard
Thanks for the confirming information. I used to work for Texaco purchasing so saw allot of what went into refining units. Cracking oils seemed ot be the big issue of feed stocks to be processed. But as I under stood it limiting the number of feeds stock types simplified the needed cracking

[biofuels-biz] Back-yard cracking

2002-09-16 Thread Michael Allen
Lee, While I agree entirely with Todd, I can see that you are just busting to give it a go. There are several forms of cracking processes and subsequent re-forming carried out in your friendly neighbourhood oil refinery. But historically, they all grew from thermal cracking and the very wide