Practical Advances in Petroleum Processing

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"This comprehensive book by Robinson and Hsu will certainly become the standard text book for the oil refining business. Starting from the beginning of the use of crude oil as a source of energy, it shows its development to one of the main economic drivers of modern society. A large part of the book is devoted to an extensive and thorough review of "state of the art" techniques and technologies of the processes used in the industry. In conclusion, an outlook is given pointing out new developments that will influence the business tomorrow. This book is a must read for all who are associated with oil refining." - Dr. Walter Fritsch, Senior Vice President Refining, OMV "This book covers a very advanced horizon of petroleum processing technology. For all refiners facing regional and global environmental concerns, and for those who seek a more sophisticated understanding of the refining of petroleum resources, this book has been long in coming." - Mr. Naomasa Kondo, Cosmo Oil Company, Ltd. "Practical Advances in Petroleum Processing is a very informative and useful collation of basic petroleum knowledge and practical technology applications. I will certainly recommend it for our SRC technical library." - Mr. James Er, Technical Manager, Singapore Refining Company Front Matter....Pages i-xli Petroleum Processing Overview....Pages 1-78 The Origin of Petroleum....Pages 79-101 Crude Assay....Pages 103-116 Integrated Methodology for Characterization of Petroleum Samples and Its Application for Refinery Product Quality Modeling....Pages 117-148 Catalytic Processes for Light Olefin Production....Pages 149-168 Kinetics and Mechanisms of Fluid Catalytic Cracking....Pages 169-175 Hydrotreating and Hydrocracking: Fundamentals....Pages 177-218 Recent Advances in Hydrocracking....Pages 219-255 Current Progress in Catalysts and Catalysis for Hydrotreating....Pages 257-296 Ultra Deep Desulfurization of Diesel: How an Understanding of the Underlying Kinetics Can Reduce Investment Costs....Pages 297-316 Ultra-Clean Diesel Fuels by Deep Desulfurization and Deep Dearomatization of Middle Distillates....Pages 317-372 Synergistic Extractive Desulfurization Processes....Pages 373-379 Advanced Reactor Internals for Hydroprocessing Units....Pages 381-393 Environmental Pollution Control....Pages 395-447 Conventional Lube Basestock Manufacturing....Pages 449-526 Selective Hydroprocessing for New Lubricant Standards....Pages 527-552 Synthetic Lubricant Base Stock Processes and Products....Pages 553-577 Challenges in Detergents and Dispersants for Engine Oils....Pages 579-595 The Chemistry of Bitumen and Heavy Oil Processing....Pages 597-634 Mechanistic Kinetic Modeling of Heavy Paraffin Hydrocracking....Pages 635-652 Modeling of Reaction Kinetics for Petroleum Fractions....Pages 653-694 Advanced Process Control....Pages 695-703 Refinery-Wide Optimization with Rigorous Models....Pages 705-727 Modeling Hydrogen Synthesis with Rigorous Kinetics as Part of Plant-Wide Optimization....Pages 729-770 Hydrogen Production and Supply: Meeting Refiners' Growing Needs....Pages 771-817 Hydrogen: Under New Management....Pages 819-840 Improving Refinery Planning Through Better Crude Quality Control....Pages 841-855 Back Matter....Pages 857-865