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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| Main Author | |
|---|---|
| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Boca Raton :
CRC Press/Taylor & Francis,
©2007.
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| Edition | 4th ed. |
| Series | Chemical industries ;
v. 114. |
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781420008388 1420008382 9781628704792 1628704799 128073342X 9781280733420 9786610733422 6610733422 0849390672 9780849390678 |
| Physical Description | 1 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.