Master the latest techlogies powering the petroleum industry! If staying on top of the latest developments in the petroleum refining process industry is part of your work, here's the one-stop resource you need. Handbook of Petroleum Refining Processes delivers comprehensive coverage of how major players like UOP, KBR, STRATCO, Belco, Stone & Webster, Foster Wheeler, Chevron Lummus Global, CocoPhillips, ChevronTexaco, and Shell, are taking these processes to new heights through techlogy. Thoroughly revised and expanded this new edition of the Handbook of Petroleum Processes features new chapters that focus on the techlogical, pollution-control, and ecomic aspects of 61 petroleum refining processes as created by a host of industry powerhouses.The techlogies covered include: alkylation and polymerization, base aromatics production processes, catalytic cracking, catalytic reforming, dehydrogenation, hydrogen production, hydrocracking, hydrotreating, isomerization, separation processes, sulfur compound extraction and sweetening, visbreaking and coking, oxygenates production techlogies; and hydrogen processing. Gas to liquids techlogies, and estimates of capital and operating costs are provided, along with information on the design of additions to existing refineries and the construction of new ones.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mcgraw-Hill Education-Europe, Mcgraw-Hill Professional
ISBN-10
0071391096
ISBN-13
9780071391092
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96791982
Product Key Features
Author
Robert J. Meyers
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Mechanical Engineering
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Weight
1406g
Height
231mm
Width
157mm
Additional Product Features
Spine
68mm
Series Title
Stm24
Content Note
Illustrations
Author Biography
Robett A. Meyers was manager of Chemical Process Technology at TRW and is now President of RAMTECH Limited. A resident of Redondo Beach, CA, Dr. Meyers is the inventor or co-inventor of a number of broadly used engineering processes, and has managed projects in nearly every facet of the petroleum refining industry. He is a senior member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, a member of the American Chemical Society, and serves on the UCLA Chemistry Department Advisory Board. His complete biography appears in Who's Who in the World.