Handbook of Petroleum Refining Processes (McGraw-Hill Handbooks) - Hardcover

Meyers, Robert A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071391096 ISBN 13: 9780071391092

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2003

Synopsis

Covers the very latest technologies; detailed description of process chemistry; and thermodynamics and product by-product specifications of plant in the petroleum refining process.

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MASTER THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES POWERING THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY!

If staying on top of the latest developments in the petroleum refining process industry is part of your work, here s the one-stop resource you need. "Handbook of Petroleum Refining Processes" delivers comprehensive coverage of how major players like UOP, KBR, STRATCO, Belco, Stone & Webster, Foster Wheeler, Chevron Lummus Global, ConocoPhillips, ChevronTexaco, and Shell, are taking these processes to new heights through technology.

Thoroughly revised and expanded this new edition of the "Handbook of Petroleum Processes" features new chapters that focus on the technological, pollution-control, and economic aspects of 61 petroleum refining processes as created by a host of industry powerhouses.

Technologies covered include:
* Alkylation and Polymerization
* Base Aromatics Production Processes
* Catalytic Cracking
* Catalytic Reforming
* Dehydrogenation
* Hydrogen Production
* Hydrocracking
* Hydrotreating
* Isomerization
* Separation Processes
* Sulfur Compound Extraction and Sweetening
* Visbreaking and Coking
* Oxygenates Production Technologies
* Hydrogen Processing
* Gas to Liquids Technologies

Estimates of capital and operating costs are provided, along with information on the design of additions to existing refineries and the construction of new ones."

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0071391096
• ISBN 13: 9780071391092
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 900