The greening of petroleum operations

The Future of Petroleum Operations This state-of-the-art text analyzes some of the most contentious issues in the energy industry, covering new and greener processes for engineers and scientists and urging them to move petroleum operations closer to sustainability. Although petroleum is still the wo...

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Main Author Islam, Rafiqul, 1959-
Other Authors Chhetri, A. B., Khan, M. M.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken, N.J. : Salem, Mass. : John Wiley & Sons ; Scrivener Pub., ©2010.
Subjects
Petroleum industry and trade > Environmental aspects.
Petroleum chemicals industry > Environmental aspects.
Green technology.
Best management practices (Pollution prevention)
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781613441725
161344172X
9780470922361
0470922362
9780470922378
0470922370
9780470625903
0470625902
Physical Description1 online resource (xix, 859 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • A Delinearized History of Civilization and the Science of Matter and Energy
  • Fundamentals of Mass and Energy Balance
  • A True Sustainability Criterion and Its Implications
  • Scientific Characterization of Global Energy Sources
  • Scientific Characterization of Light and Light Sources
  • The Science of Global Warming
  • Diverging Fates of Sustainable and Unsustainable Products
  • Scientific Difference Between Sustainable and Unsustainable Processes
  • Comparison of Various Energy Production Schemes
  • The Zero-Waste Concept and its Application to Petroleum Engineering
  • Sustainable Refining and Gas Processing
  • Flow Assurance in Petroleum Fluids
  • Sustainable Enhanced Oil Recovery
  • The Knowledge Economics
  • Deconstruction of Engineering Myths Prevalent in the Energy Sector
  • Greening of Petroleum Operations
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Origin of Atomic Theory as Viewed by the European Scientists
  • Appendix 2: Nobel Prize in Physics (2008) given for discovering breakdown of symmetry.

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