The chemistry and technology of petroleum

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The chemistry and technology of petroleum

James G. Speight

(Chemical industries, v. 76)

Marcel Dekker, c1999

3rd ed., rev. and expanded

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum, Third Edition fully covers the subject, from the underground formation of petroleum to recovery of refined products. The third edition contains additional chapters on the structure of petroleum, refining heavy feedstocks, instability and incompatibility in petroleum products, environmental aspects of refining and much more.

Table of Contents

  • History, occurrence, and recovery: classification
  • origin and occurrence
  • kerogen
  • exploration, recovery, and transportation. Composition and properties: chemical composition
  • fractional composition
  • properties and evaluation
  • identification and structural group analysis
  • asphaltenes
  • the structure of petroleum. refining: refining chemistry
  • refinery distillation
  • thermal crackling
  • catalytic cracking
  • hydroprocessing
  • refining heavy feedstocks
  • product improvement
  • treatment processes
  • gas cleaning
  • products
  • instability and incompatibility
  • petrochemicals. environmental issues: environmental aspects of refining. Glossary.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA44268864
  • ISBN
    • 0824702174
  • LCCN
    98050966
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 918 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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