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Chapter 1: Mole Balances

BP Reactor Photos



Click on any of the items below to see scanned photos and schematics of reactors at one of BP's Oil Refineries. The BP Home Page is located at www.bp.com.



Reformer Reactors in Series used to boost the octane level of pentanes

Side View Reformer Reactors in Series

Fluidized Catalytic Cracker

Fixed Bed Reactor using a colbalt-molybednum catalyst to convert SO2 to H2S

3 Stage Converter used to convert H2S to SO2

Fluidized Bed Reactor using H2SO4 as a catalyst to bond butanes and iso-butanes to make high octane gas

Hydrogen Plant that uses a catalyst to convert CH4 to 98% pure hydrogen

Fixed Bed Reactor that converts sulfur in diesel fuel to H2S



Reformer Reactors in Series



Side View of Reformer Reactors



Fluidized Catalytic Cracker



Fixed Bed Reactor



3 Stage Converter



Fluidized Bed Reactor



Hydrogen Plant



Fixed Bed Reactor





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