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Petroleum Refining in Nontechnical Language
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
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
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
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
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
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Chapter 20. Simple and Complex Refineries.
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