short answer is Yes, but you gotta dive deep into Fractional Distillation: https://www.epicmodularprocess.com/blog/fractional-distillation
So the next question is: Is it worth it from a business sense to further refine and clean up gasoline? Like does the expense of doing so result in a significant improvement?
No, pretty much every industrial process is scaled up to the point you'll never be able to come close to competing on an individual level. I think lumber milling is probably the most accessible industrial process and it's gonna take a couple million at least just for the equipment.
It can... you just have to figure out the "goes ins" and "comes outs" of the process and see if you can sell your product for enough ($/gal) to make a profit.
Just drunkenly thinking: - Goes In: energy to fire the column (reboiler) - Goes In: water (or other) to cool the top products - Goes In: stock gasoline you buy - Comes Out: Refined top products (the stuff you want to sell I think) - Comes Out: Waste (the shit you just stripped out... who do you pay to take it away?)
can probably parse this more coherently and with things I am missing.
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