The chemistry and technology of petroleum

Refineries must not only adapt to evolving environmental regulations for cleaner product specifications and processing, but also find ways to meet the increasing demand for petroleum products, particularly for liquid fuels and petrochemical feedstocks. The Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum, Four...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Speight, James G.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, ©2007.
Edition4th ed.
SeriesChemical industries ; v. 114.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781420008388
1420008382
9781628704792
1628704799
128073342X
9781280733420
9786610733422
6610733422
0849390672
9780849390678
Physical Description1 online resource (945 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. History and terminology
  • Ch. 2. Classification
  • Ch. 3. Origin and occurrence
  • Ch. 4. Kerogen
  • Ch. 5. Exploration, recovery, and transportation
  • Ch. 6. Recovery of heavy oil and tar sand bitumen
  • Ch. 7. Chemical composition
  • Ch. 8. Fractional composition
  • Ch. 9. Petroleum analysis
  • Ch. 10. Structural group analysis
  • Ch. 11. Asphaltene constituents
  • Ch. 12. Structure of petroleum
  • Ch. 13. Instability and incompatibility
  • Ch. 14. Introduction to refining processes
  • Ch. 15. Refining chemistry
  • Ch. 16. Distillation
  • Ch. 17. Thermal cracking
  • Ch. 18. Catalytic cracking
  • Ch. 19. Deasphalting and dewaxing processes
  • Ch. 20. Hydrotreating and desulfurization
  • Ch. 21. Hydrocracking
  • Ch. 22. Hydrogen production
  • Ch. 23. Product improvement
  • Ch. 24. Product treating
  • Ch. 25. Gas processing
  • Ch. 26. Products
  • Ch. 27. Petrochemicals
  • Ch. 28. Environmental aspects of refining
  • Ch. 29. Refinery wastes
  • Ch. 30. Environmental analysis.