A petroleum refining process, using employing catalysis, in which heat and pressure are used to cause cracking and isomerization of the hydrocarbon molecules in low-octane petroleum fractions. The reformed hydrocarbons have higher octane numbers than the original material.
chemical cracking operation of a hydrocarbon or alcohol molecule so that it can be transformed into its major components
a refining process wherein short-chain molecules in certain crude distillation products are chemically recombined (reformed) by means of heat, pressure, and, usually, catalytic reaction to form higher-value long-chain-molecule compounds.
The thermal or catalytic conversion of petroleum naphtha into more volatile products with higher BTU ratings.
A process in which straight-chain hydrocarbons are heated under pressure with a catalyst, when they form branched-chain hydrocarbons.
Refinery process aimed at improving gasoline quality by changing chemical characteristics rather than breaking up molecules as in cracking.
The thermal or catalytic conversion of petroleum naphtha into more volatile products of higher octane number. It represents the total effect of numerous simultaneous reactions such as cracking, polymerisation, dehydrogenation, and isomerisation.