Cracked gas plant

In a refinery, the cracked gas plant is the set of units that processes refinery gas coming from cracking units.

This is different from the sat gas plant, which handles gas from non-cracking units.

Cracked gas is kept separate in order to isolate important components such as butylene and propylene that don't occur in the saturated gas streams.

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