Petroleum Refining: Technology, Economics, and Markets

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For four decades, Petroleum Refining has guided thousands of readers toward a reliable understanding of the field, and through the years has become the standard text in many schools and universities around the world offering petroleum refining classes, for self-study, training, and as a reference for industry professionals. The sixth edition of this perennial bestseller continues in the tradition set by Jim Gary as the most modern and authoritative guide in the field. Updated and expanded to reflect new technologies, methods, and topics, the book includes new discussion on the business and economics of refining, cost estimation and complexity, crude origins and properties, fuel specifications, and updates on technology, process units, and catalysts. The first half of the book is written for a general audience to introduce the primary economic and market characteristics of the industry and to describe the inputs and outputs of refining. Most of this material is new to this edition and can be read independently or in parallel with the rest of the text. In the second half of the book, a technical review of the main process units of a refinery is provided, beginning with distillation and covering each of the primary conversion and treatment processes. Much of this material was reorganized, updated, and rewritten with greater emphasis on reaction chemistry and the role of catalysis in applications. Petroleum Refining: Technology, Economics, and Markets is a book written for users, the practitioners of refining, and all those who want to learn more about the field. Cover Dedication Contents List of Boxes Preface Authors Part I Markets and Economics Section I Industry Structure and Characteristics Chapter 1 Performance Chapter 2 Products Chapter 3 Processes Chapter 4 Prices Chapter 5 Potpourri Section II Cost Estimation and Complexity Chapter 6 Cost Estimation Chapter 7 Refinery Complexity Chapter 8 Classification Chapter 9 Complexity Applications Chapter 10 Three Refineries Part II Crude Oil and Refined Products Section III Crude Oil and Properties Chapter 11 Origin and Composition Chapter 12 Crude Quality Chapter 13 Distillation Profile Chapter 14 Crude Properties Chapter 15 Fraction Characterization Section IV Fuel Specifications Chapter 16 Standards, Specifications, and Fuel Quality Chapter 17 Gasoline Chapter 18 Jet Fuels Chapter 19 Diesel Fuel Chapter 20 Product Blending Part III Technology Section V Separation Processes Chapter 21 Crude Oil Desalting Chapter 22 Crude Oil Distillation Chapter 23 Solvent Deasphalting Section VI Residue Conversion Processes Chapter 24 Visbreaking Chapter 25 Coking Chapter 26 Residue Hydroconversion Chapter 27 Fluid Catalytic Cracking Chapter 28 Hydrocracking Section VII Distillate, Naphtha, and Gas Conversion Processes Chapter 29 Hydrotreating Chapter 30 Butane and Naphtha Hydroisomerization Chapter 31 Catalytic Naphtha Reforming Chapter 32 Aliphatic Alkylation Chapter 33 Olefin Oligomerization Chapter 34 Etherification Section VIII Lubricants and Supporting Technologies Chapter 35 Lubricant Base Oils Chapter 36 Supporting Technologies Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Discussion Questions Appendix C: Problems Index