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⚙️ Interactive STEM Adventure
From Crude to Consumer —
guide oil through every step of the refinery!
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Phase 1: Extraction
Tap the pump jack, the tank, or the button to extract crude oil!
Phase 1b: The Desalter
Crude oil has salty water in it! Zap the salt 🧂 and water 💧 before they escape the grid! But don’t zap the oil ⚫️!
Grid powering up…
Phase 2: Distillation
Inside the tower, crude oil gets heated and separates by weight! Choose a product path:
Phase 3: Hydrotreating
We need to clean the sulfur out!
HF Alkylation Unit
Tap the 🫧 molecules in the emulsion layer to make Alkylate! Warning: Drag the dark tar (ASO) 🟤 to the Acid Regen box before acid purity drops below 80%!
Acid Purity: 100%
Alkylate: 0/4
Hydrocarbon
Acid/HC Emulsion
Settled HF Acid
🔥 Acid Regen
Catalytic Reformer
Naphtha is low octane! 🔥 the furnace to heat the straight molecules, release Hydrogen, and reshape them into powerful Ring ⬡ molecules!
Vacuum Tower
Resid is too thick to distill normally! Remove the air pressure so the heavy oil boils at a lower temperature.
Vacuum Fractionator
Coker Fractionator
The hot vapors from the drum separate into cracked products! Choose one to process:
Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC)
VGO molecules 🟠 are too big to use as fuel! Tap them to CRACK them apart! Cracking causes coke buildup ⚫! Don’t forget to regen your catalyst.
FCC Fractionator
Cracked molecules are separated into cracked products! Choose one to process:
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Phase 4: Blending & Processing
Phase 5: Logistics
Your product is ready! How do you want to deliver it?
Delivering Your Product!
Mission Accomplished! 🥳 You did your part to contribute to the 630 million gallons of fuel the US needs EVERY day.
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Critical Alert: Pump Vibration Rising
Standby
Ready but isolated
Pump A
Primary online
Primary
Pump B
Standby isolated
Standby
Control Room
Awaiting operator action.
Pipe X-Ray Maintenance
Incoming Diesel pipe integrity compromised! Scan for thin spots, tap to mark them, then switch to the clamp tool to fix them!
Time to Failure: 45.0s
Clamps: 0/3
Refinery Control Map 🗺️
Tap a unit to jump. Green = certified ✅
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