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Sandra Wong
is there a difference between measuring cutpoint from endpoint? all of the engineers and operators talk about endpoint, but on occasion i hear someone say cutpoint. how do you distinguish?
May 11, 2012 02:21 pm
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Evelyn Baker: Cutpoint is the temperature at which you define clean fractionation between one hydrocarbon... More
May 11, 2012 02:44 pm
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Chris Steves: To add to what Evelyn has said - the best way to calculate (and visualize) the cutpoint is to... More
May 13, 2012 05:53 am
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Sandra Wong: Just to confirm - i can use cutpoint calculation to see the tail on my fractionation? Can't i... More
May 13, 2012 12:21 pm
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Chris Steves: You can, but to visualize it, you can look at the curves "stacked" over one another and compare... More
May 14, 2012 05:08 am
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Richard Rhead: Cut points are more accurate than endpoints due to the nature of the D-86 whether automated or... More
May 18, 2012 09:48 pm
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Andrew Sullivan: I like to think of it as follows. Visualize 1 barrel of a naphtha range material and 1 barrel of... More
May 22, 2012 09:41 am
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Tim Swaty: Cut points are not endpoints. A cut point is based on the volumetric yield of a distillation... More
May 24, 2012 07:26 pm
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