coker
- noun
- Specialized
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coker
- The fluid cokers were originally designed to process 72,900 barrels of bitumen daily, but Syncrude engineers have improved their performance to the point that they routinely process more than 110,000 barrels a day.
Examples
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Bitumen from the bottom of the fractionator proceeds to two fluid cokers and an LC-Finer.
Academic text (1998) -
Episodes three and four of the 10-part web series pick up with young Adama (Luke Pasqualino) and his co-pilot Coker (Ben Cotton) heading deep into Cylon territory, where they make a startling discovery that could turn the tide of the war.
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The move to complex refining and cokers helps, etc.
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Residues from the LC-Finer are sent to the fluid cokers to be mixed with bitumen.
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The 510 Celsius bed temperatures within the cokers crack the long bitumen molecules.
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The engineer monitored the temperature inside the coker to ensure the optimal production of coke.
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In the industrial plant, the coker converts coal into coke through a high-temperature process.
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The byproducts from the coker are carefully analyzed to improve efficiency in coke production.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Coker comes from the word coke (the hard fuel made from coal) plus the ending -er that means 'one who does' or 'a thing that does'. So a coker is literally a machine that 'makes coke', which is why it names the industrial unit that produces coke.
