Аннотация
The article describes the success of research and application of wave methods in the process of processing hydrocarbon raw materials. A promising direction for intensifying the processing of hydrocarbon raw materials is wave technologies implemented on the basis of physical principles: electrical, magnetic, radiation, acoustic, cavitation, microwave, vibration, laser effects. The hydrodynamic cavitation unit and the instrumental-technological scheme of the unit are presented. Two main groups of hypotheses are presented -thermal and electrical. The studies on the change in the physicochemical and rheological characteristics of oil during its processing in a rotary impulse apparatus are shown.