Burton process
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The Burton process is a thermal cracking
process invented by William Merriam Burton
and Robert Humphrey.
The oil industry used it to double the production of gasoline in 1913. This thermal cracking process was patent
ed on January 7, 1913 (Patent No. 1,049,667).
The first thermal cracking
method, the Shukhov cracking process
, was invented by Vladimir Shukhov
(Patent of Russian empire
No. 12926 on November 27, 1891).
In 1937 it was superseded by catalytic cracking.
It is still in use today to produce diesel.
Cracking (chemistry)
In petroleum geology and chemistry, cracking is the process whereby complex organic molecules such as kerogens or heavy hydrocarbons are broken down into simpler molecules such as light hydrocarbons, by the breaking of carbon-carbon bonds in the precursors. The rate of cracking and the end products...
process invented by William Merriam Burton
William Merriam Burton
William Merriam Burton was a U.S. chemist who developed the first thermal cracking process for crude oil....
and Robert Humphrey.
The oil industry used it to double the production of gasoline in 1913. This thermal cracking process was patent
Patent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
ed on January 7, 1913 (Patent No. 1,049,667).
The first thermal cracking
Cracking (chemistry)
In petroleum geology and chemistry, cracking is the process whereby complex organic molecules such as kerogens or heavy hydrocarbons are broken down into simpler molecules such as light hydrocarbons, by the breaking of carbon-carbon bonds in the precursors. The rate of cracking and the end products...
method, the Shukhov cracking process
Shukhov cracking process
The Shukhov cracking process is a thermal cracking process invented by Vladimir Shukhov and Sergei Gavrilov. Shukhov designed and built the first thermal cracking techniques important to the petrochemical industry. His patent The Shukhov cracking process is a thermal cracking process invented by...
, was invented by Vladimir Shukhov
Vladimir Shukhov
Vladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov , was a Russian engineer-polymath, scientist and architect renowned for his pioneering works on new methods of analysis for structural engineering that led to breakthroughs in industrial design of world's first hyperboloid structures, lattice shell structures, tensile...
(Patent of Russian empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
No. 12926 on November 27, 1891).
In 1937 it was superseded by catalytic cracking.
It is still in use today to produce diesel.