catalytic cracker

British  

noun

1. Often shortened to: cat cracker.  a unit in an oil refinery in which mineral oils with high boiling points are converted to fuels with lower boiling points by a catalytic process

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Example Sentences

Between the wars, he created a catalytic cracker process that turned petroleum molecules into gasoline more efficiently, which also meant more pollution.

From Los Angeles Times

At the neighboring Amuay refinery, only one of its five distillation plants and the catalytic cracker - key for making gasoline - were working, two separate sources said.

From Reuters

The refinery is set to restart operations in the fluid catalytic cracker unit between 7 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times

Investigators concluded the Feb. 18, 2015, explosion was the result of a hydrocarbon release from the fluid catalytic cracker unit into the electrostatic precipitator — a filtration device that removes fine particulates.

From Los Angeles Times

The fluid catalytic cracker unit refines gasoline and is crucial to producing California-grade fuel.

From Los Angeles Times