An oil refining unit in which heavy feed such as flasher bottoms, cycle oil from a fluid catalytic cracker, or thermal cracked gas oil is subjected to high temperatures. This causes the feed to crack, creating light oils. Coke – solid, densely packed carbons – builds up in the reactors of the unit and periodically needs to be removed.
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