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A refinery is a production facility composed of a group of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations refining certain materials or converting raw material into products of value. ==Types of refineries== Different types of refineries are as follows: ===A typical oil refinery=== The image below is a schematic flow diagram of a typical ...
• (n.) A furnace in which cast iron is refined by the action of a blast on the molten metal. • (n.) The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar.
a plant where the components of crude oil are separated and converted into useful products. These are usually on the coast so that tankers can unload crude oil directly into the refinery.
Plant where hydrocarbons are separated and transformed into more marketable products.
Re·fin'er·y noun ; plural Refineries (-...z). [ Confer French raffinerie .] 1. The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar. 2. A furnace in which cast iron is refined by the action of a blast on the molten metal. 
A processing plant usually associated with a smelter that produces high purity metal.
A processing plant which produces high purity metal either by electrolysis, electrowinning or fire-refining. In copper and lead production, refining is preceded by smelting, but for tin, zinc and nickel, smelting and refining blend into one process of recovering marketable quality metal from concentrates. Refiners (and smelters) may also treat scra...
A metallurgical plant in which the refining of metals takes place.
[n] - an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
noun an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance