Shukhov cracking process

Image:Russian Cracking.jpg|thumb|200px|Refinery using the Shukhov cracking process, Baku, USSR, 1934
The Shukhov cracking process is a thermal cracking process invented by Vladimir Shukhov and Sergei Gavrilov.

Origins

Shukhov designed and built the first thermal cracking device for the petrochemical industry. His patent on cracking was used to invalidate Standard Oil's patents on oil refineries.

Present

In 1937 the Shukhov cracking process was superseded by catalytic cracking. It is still in use today to produce diesel.