Petroleum refining for the non-technical person

Book · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6400073

Leffler,

A non-technical review of petroleum refining aimed at managers and others in the petroleum industry is presented. The contents include: crude oil characteristics; distilling; flashing; the chemistry of petroleum; catalytic cracking; refinery gas plants alkylation; catalytic reforming; residue reduction; hydro-cracking; gasoline blending; distillate fuels; asphalt and residual fuel; hydrogen, hydro-treating, and sulfur plants; isomerization; solvent recovery of aromatics; fuel values-heating values; ethylene plants; crude oil, condensate, and natural gas liquids. (JMT)

• OSTI ID: 6400073
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
020400* -- Petroleum-- Processing
ALKYLATION
AROMATICS
ASPHALTS
BITUMENS
CATALYTIC CRACKING
CATALYTIC REFORMING
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONDENSATES
CRACKING
DECOMPOSITION
DESULFURIZATION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GAS CONDENSATES
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INDUSTRY
LIQUIDS
NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
PETROLEUM REFINERIES
PROCESSING
PYROLYSIS
REFINING
REFORMER PROCESSES
REVIEWS
SOLVENTS
TAR
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES