The 3rd edition of this bestseller sets forth the many technical procedures
involved in refining. The author has included a chapter on simple and
complex refineries and a revised chapter on gasoline blending, including
current information on alcohol blending components. Contents: Introduction;
Crude oil characteristics; Distilling; Flashing; The chemistry of petroleum;
Cat cracking; Refinery gas plants; Alkylation; Catalytic reforming; Residue
reduction; Hydrocracking; Gasoline blending; Distillate fuels; Asphalt and
residual fuel; Hydrogen, hydrotreating, and sulfur plants; Isomerization;
Solvent recovery of aromatics; Ethylene plants; Simple and complex
refineries; Crude oil, condensate, and natural gas liquids; Fuel
values-heating values; Answers and solutions; Index.
| ISBN(s) : | 0878147764 |
| Number of Pages : | 184 |
| Published : | 03/01/2000 |
