Oil has been around since millions and millions of years ago. Since then we have found many uses for this black liquid. One of its many is having the ability to power cars. But what exactly goes into making this gasoline? It´s not just millions of years along with heat and compaction to make this liquid. It takes multiple processes to get it to the stage where it can be suitable for the car´s engine.
There are 7.4 Billion people living on this planet, so gasoline production has to be quick! Thankfully, it is!, It only takes about 12-14 hours to make a 30,000 gallons of petroleum into gasoline. Gasoline has many good uses, but also, it can damage life on Earth with how much carbon it produces for the atmosphere. But, it also plays a good roll
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Making cars travel about 25 miles gallon is just one of them!
Gasoline is called crude oil, or petroleum. Crude oil is a fossil fuel, making it oil. It was formed in the same way that oil is made. The dead remains of animals along with compaction and heat, makes oil.
Crude oil has what is called Hydrocarbon, which is an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen. The car gasoline that we use to power our automobiles is mainly made up of hydrocarbon chains with seven to eleven carbons. Hydrocarbons that have more than 12 carbons usually result in things like diesel fuel. Hydrocarbon chains can be separated through a process called distillation.
Distillation occurs at an oil refinery. At an oil refinery, the crude oil is heated in what is called a distillation column. At the distillation column, the crude oil is heated. As the temperature rises, different hydrocarbon chains boil off at different temperatures.
Once the crude oil is has gone through distillation, the gasoline product that is desired is produced by other various processes. Other ingredients, such as ethanol, may be blended with the gasoline. Some other additives might be added to enhance the engine's