Fundamentals of petroleum refining /

Fundamentals of Petroleum Refining provides a thorough and balanced introduction to refinery engineering topics, from basic concepts and unit operations to overall refinery economics, planning and control. Based on the fundamentals of thermodynamics and kinetics, the text develops the scientific bac...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Fahim, M. A.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier Science, [2010]
Subjects:	Petroleum > Refining. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Refinery feedstocks and products
Thermophysical properties of petroleum fractions and crude oils
Crude distillation
Catalytic reforming and isomerization
Thermal cracking and coking processes
Hydroconversion processes
Fluidised Catalytic Cracking
Product blending
Alkylation
Hydrogen production
Clean fuels
Residue upgrading
Safety aspects in petroleum refineries
Acid gas processing and mercaptans removal
Refinery economics
Environmental aspects in refining
Overall refinery case study
Appendix A: Conversion Factors
Appendix B: Definition of Terms
Appendix C: Process Simulator (UNISIM) Manual
Appendix D: Research Octane Number for Hydrocarbons
Appendix C: Instrumentation and Control Drawings in the P&ID.