Publisher's Synopsis
With real–life scenarios and actual problems, Elements of Petroleum Processing gives the reader an insight into the day–to–day operations of the petroleum industry. The detailed descriptions of the nature of crude oil and its refining by distillation, thermal and catalytic cracking and gas recovery make Elements of Petroleum Processing a highly practical guide to all aspects of petroleum processing. Written by a professional chemical engineer, with over 40 years experience of the petroleum industry Elements of Petroleum Processing presents:
- an insight into all aspects of refinery processing
- the complex structure and composition of crude oil in diagrammatic form
- examples of calculation techniques taken from real industrial situations
- simple and easy to use formulae for complex thermodynamic principles
- indexes, appendices and data arranged for "user friendly" searches