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  title info:
    title: Petroleum Refining in Nontechnical Language
  name:
    name part: Leffler, William L.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Knovel (Firm)
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    place:
      place term: OnixTransformation.OnixModel.CityOfPublication
    publisher: PennWell Books
    date issued: 2020
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (268 p.)
  table of contents: Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Chapter 1. The Evolution of Petroleum Refining -- Why is the Evolution Important? -- Chapter 2. From the Oil Patch to the Refinery -- Oil Patch Operations -- Gas Plants -- Transportation -- LNG -- Exercises -- Chapter 3. Crude Oil Characteristics -- Crude Oil Composition -- Distillation Curves -- Fractions -- Cutting Crudes -- Gravities -- Tonnes, Barrels, and Gallons -- Sulfur Content -- Metals, Acids, and Wax -- Review -- Exercises -- Chapter 4. Distilling -- The Simple Still -- The Distilling Column -- Reflux and Reboil
  table of contents: Cut Points -- Setting Cut Points -- Variations -- Desalting -- Exercises -- Chapter 5. Vacuum Flashing -- The Cracking Phenomenon -- The Beer Bottle Principle -- Vacuum Flashing -- Adjusting the Distillation Curve -- Review -- Exercises -- Chapter 6. The Chemistry of Petroleum -- Atoms and Molecules -- Paraffins -- Isomers -- Naphthenes -- Olefins -- Aromatics -- Exercises -- Chapter 7. Refinery Gas Plants -- Sats Gas Plant -- Cracked Gas Plant -- Disposition -- Storage Facilities -- Exercises -- Chapter 8. Cat Cracking -- The Process -- Reaction Section -- Catalysts -- The Regenerator
  table of contents: The Fractionator -- Yields -- Process Variables -- Review -- Exercises -- Chapter 9. Alkylation -- The Chemical Reaction -- The Process -- Yields -- Process Variables -- Solid Catalyst Alkylation -- Ionic Liquid Catalysts -- Poly Plants -- Review -- Exercises -- Chapter 10. Catalytic Reforming -- Some History -- The Chemical Reactions -- The Hardware -- Semi-regenerative Cat Reformers -- Regeneration -- Continuous Cat Reforming -- Process Variables -- Benzene Issues -- Review -- Exercises -- Chapter 11. Hydrocracking -- The Process -- The Hardware and the Reactions -- Yields
  table of contents: Residue Hydrocracking -- Review -- Exercises -- Chapter 12. Isomerization -- Butane Isomerization -- C5/C6 Isomerization -- Review -- Exercises -- Chapter 13. Residue Reduction -- Thermal Cracking and Visbreaking -- Coking -- Cat Cracking and Hydrocracking -- The Conundrum -- Exercises -- Chapter 14. Gasoline -- Gasoline Engines -- Vapor Pressure -- Octane Number -- Leaded Gasoline -- Petrochemical Blending Components -- Methanol -- Combating Smog and Ozone -- TOX , NOx, VOCs, and SOx -- Gasoline Blending's Impact on Operations -- Review -- Exercises -- Chapter 15. Distillate and Residual Fuels
  table of contents: Kerosene and Jet Fuel -- Heating Oil -- Automotive Diesel Fuel -- Residual fuels -- Exercises -- Chapter 16. Hydrogen, Hydrotreating and Sulfur Plants -- Hydrotreating -- Hydrogen Sources -- Sulfur Facilities -- Exercises -- Chapter 17. Asphalt -- Composition -- Asphaltic Crude Oils -- Quality measures -- Asphalt Products -- Exercises -- Chapter 18. Lubricants -- Properties and Specifications -- Processing Options -- Synthetic Lubes -- Grease -- Waxes -- Exercises -- Chapter 19. Olefins and Aromatic Plants -- Olefin Plants -- Aromatics -- Refinery Interactions -- Exercises
  note: Description based upon print version of record.
  note: Chapter 20. Simple and Complex Refineries.
  subject:
    topic: Petroleum
    topic: Refining
  subject:
    topic: Pétrole
    topic: Raffinage
  subject:
    topic: Petroleum
    topic: Refining
  classification: TP690 .L444 2020
  classification: 665.53
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Petroleum Refining in Nontechnical Language
    name:
      name part: Leffler, William L.
    origin info:
      publisher: OnixTransformation.OnixModel.CityOfPublication : PennWell Books,c2020
  identifier: 9781593705008
  identifier: 159370500X
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: EBLCP
    record creation date: 210206
    record change date: 20260205210658.9
    record identifier: in00005681591
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng