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Platforming, vbl. n.2|ˈplætfɔːmɪŋ|
Also platforming.
[f. platinum + reforming vbl. n.]
A proprietary name for a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst. Freq. attrib. Hence ˈplatformate [after distillate, filtrate, etc.], the end product of the process; ˈplatformer2, an installation for Platforming.
1949E. F. Nelson in Oil & Gas Jrnl. 7 Apr. 95/1 Our [sc. Universal Oil Products'] research and development departments have become so used to referring to the process as ‘platforming’ that we have decided that at this time we would officially christen it. Ibid. 100/2 The platformate has an end point slightly above that of the charge. 1952Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 29 Jan. 1178/2 Universal Oil Products Company, Chicago..Platforming. For solid catalyst. Claims use since Aug. 29, 1947. 1954Ibid. 19 Jan. 609/1 Platforming. For apparatus in the nature of a plant for the treatment of hydrocarbons. 1954Wall St. Jrnl. 16 Aug. 5/3 Sunray Oil Corp., Tulsa, completed a new 5,000 barrel a day platforming unit at its Sunray Village refinery in Duncan, Okla. 1955Times 8 June 9/4 The extension and modernization of the Suez refinery (including a ‘platformer’ to improve the quality of the motor benzine). 1957Trade Marks Jrnl. 8 May 470/1 Platforming... Catalysts. Universal Oil Products Company.., Des Plaines, Illinois, United States of America; manufacturers. 1959Petroleum Handbk. (ed. 4) 216 Platformate is used as a component in motor and aviation gasoline blends. 1973S. A. Berridge in Hobson & Pohl Mod. Petroleum Technol. (ed. 4) xi. 410 The Universal Oil Products Company has combined the Udex process with its Platforming process in an operation called Rexforming... The highly paraffinic raffinate from the Udex plant is recycled to the Platformer. 1978Trends in Oil & Gas Refining (Shell Internat. Petroleum Co.) 5 In catalytic reforming..there has been 20 years of Shell experience in the design, development and operation of platformer units. |