Petroleum refining for the nontechnical person

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5561636

Leffler, W L

The second edition of this book remains a straightforward and uncomplicated text setting forth the many technical procedures involved in refining. The author has added a new chapter on simple and complex refineries and a revised chapter on gasoline blending, including current information on alcohol blending components. Contents include: Crude oil characteristics; Distilling; Flashing; The chemistry of petroleum; Catalytic cracking; Refining 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.

• OSTI ID: 5561636
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
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PETROLEUM REFINERIES
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