Is reduced-pressure diesel the same as vacuum gas oil (VGO)?
Thread Content
This post was last edited by Reaching for the Moon in Nine Heavens on 2018-9-4 at 14:00. Refineries have wax oil hydrocracking units; according to relevant information, the wax oil fraction (350–520°C) contains n-paraffins and isoparaffins with carbon chain lengths of around C20–C36, as well as cycloparaffins with one, two, or more rings, and aromatic hydrocarbons. This fraction also falls within the range of vacuum diesel fractions. Is vacuum diesel the same as wax oil? Do coker wax oils and vacuum wax oils have the same number of carbon atoms? Is heavy diesel the same as wax oil? I’m new to the oil refining industry; thank you, Haiyou, for your guidance!
Vacuum diesel is in the range of 160°–370°, while vacuum wax oil is in the range of 350°–520°
So, what is the difference between the paraffin oil component and the vacuum diesel component?