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catalytic cracker

noun

  1. 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 Often shortened tocat cracker
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

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.

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

Cal/OSHA found that the fluid catalytic cracker unit was not working properly for nine years.

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