Shukhov cracking process
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The Shukhov cracking process is a thermal cracking process invented by Vladimir Shukhov and Sergei Gavrilov.
Origins
[edit | edit source]Shukhov designed and built the first thermal cracking device for the petrochemical industry. His patent (Shukhov cracking process – patent of Russian Empire No. 12926 from November 27, 1891) on cracking was used to invalidate Standard Oil's patents (Burton process – Patent of United States No. 1,049,667 on January 7, 1913) on oil refineries.
Present
[edit | edit source]In 1937 the Shukhov cracking process was superseded by catalytic cracking. It is still in use today to produce diesel.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- Information on cracking in oil refining
- Biography of Vladimir Shukhov
- "Vladimir G. Suchov 1853-1939. Die Kunst der sparsamen Konstruktion.", Rainer Graefe und andere, 192 S., Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart, 1990, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
