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The refinery of the future /

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As feedstocks to refineries change, there must be an accompanying change in refinery technology. This means a movement from conventional means of refining heavy feedstocks using (typically) coking technologies to more innovative processes that will coax the last drips of liquid fuels from the feedst...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Speight, James G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington, Mass. : Elsevier Science, 2011.
Subjects:
Energy consumption > Environmental aspects.
Energy industries > Environmental aspects.
Petroleum > Refining.
Petroleum industry and trade.
Renewable energy sources.
Human ecology > Study and teaching.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Feedstocks
  • Chapter 2. Refining processes
  • Chapter 3. Refining chemistry
  • Chapter 4. Distillation
  • Chapter 5. Thermal cracking
  • Chapter 6. Catalytic cracking
  • Chapter 7. Deasphalting and dewaxing processes
  • Chapter 8. Hydrotreating and desulfurization
  • Chapter 9. Hydrocracking
  • Chapter 10. Refinery of the future.