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Summary
Summary
This handbook describes and discusses the features that make up the petroleum refining industry. It begins with a description of the crude oils and their nature, and continues with the saleable products from the refining processes, with a review of the environmental impact. There is a complete overview of the processes that make up the refinery with a brief history of those processes. It also describes design technique, operation, and, in the case of catalytic units, the chemistry of the reaction routes. These discussions are supported by calculation procedures and examples, sufficient to enable input to modern computer simulation packages.
Author Notes
The editor S.Jones is a retired chemical engineer having spent 10 years in BP's Refinery, 4 years in BP Research and Development, 2 years in Esso's Refinery Development Dept, 18 years in Process Engineering with Fluor Corporation (Final position general manager-operations), 8 years as private engineering consultant in SA. Retired in 1992.
The assistant editor P.R.Pujado was the Assistant Lecturer at the University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology, 1971-1972; Development Engineer (SA Cros), 1972-1975; Process Coordinator-Aromatics (UOP LLC), 1975-1980; Manager, Marketing Services-Petrochemicals (UOP LLC), 1980-1990; R&D Fellow-Olefins production and processing (UOP LLC), 1990-present.
Reviews 1
Choice Review
This so-called "handbook" is more of an encyclopedia of petroleum processing. Several authors contribute to 19 chapters and an extensive appendix on the nature of petroleum, engineering processes, and economics of its myriad uses in society. Major subjects include: 1) the refinery components, processes, and products; 2) environmental control, engineering, and quality control; 3) economic planning and analysis; 4) process equipment in refining; and 5) a lengthy dictionary of terms and expressions. Chapters are concluded variously by bibliographies and substantial appendixes. The sections on economics, process equipment, and terms and expressions are particularly extensive. This multifaceted book is a virtual storehouse of knowledge on humanity's utilization of petroleum. It is very well written, organized, formatted, and illustrated. A volume of immense practical value to engineers and economists. ^BSumming Up: Essential. Graduate students through professionals; well-prepared two-year technical program students. T. L. T. Grose Colorado School of Mines
Table of Contents
| Preface |
| Part 1 Handbook of petroleum processing |
| An introduction to crude oil and its processing |
| Petroleum products |
| Part 2 The refining processes |
| The atmospheric and vacuum crude oil distillation units |
| The light end units |
| The catalytic reforming process |
| The fluid catalytic cracking process |
| The distillate hydro cracking process |
| The hydro-treating processes |
| The production of gasoline precursors |
| The refinery gas treating processes |
| Upgrading residues |
| The non energy refineries |
| The support services common to most refineries |
| The refinery environmental issues |
| Handling hazardous materials and safety |
| Quality control of refinery products |
| Refinery planning, economics, and handling new projects |
| An introduction to economic analysis |
| Process equipment in petroleum refining |
| Appendices: Examples of working flow sheets |
| General data |
| A selecton of crude oil assays |
| Conversion factors |
| An example of an exercies using linear programming |
| Part 3 Dictionary of terms and expressions |
