Petroleum Refining Processes provides comprehensive coverage of the most recent technological advancements in residuum conversion—illustrating state-of-the-art engineering methods for the refinement of heavy oils, bitumen, and other high-sulfur feedstocks.

Highlighting contemporary approaches to resource utilization, Petroleum Refining Processes covers:

• next-generation refinery operations
• evaluation criteria for crude oils and feedstock prior to refinement
• recent methods for the conversion of heavy feedstock to lower boiling products
• construction of simple models for engineering analysis
• the mathematics of chemical reaction, reaction kinetics, transport phenomena, and reactor engineering
• and more!

Written by world-renowned experts in the field, Petroleum Refining Processes is an invaluable reference for chemical, petroleum, and process engineers; chemists; chemical technologists; petroleum analysts; and students in these disciplines.

Contents

1. Feedstock Terminology, Availability, and Evaluation
   1. Definitions and Terminology
   2. Occurrence and Availability
   3. Composition
   4. Testing and Evaluation

2. Engineering Aspects of Refining
   5. Reaction Stoichiometry
   6. Chemical Kinetics
   7. Thermochemistry and Chemical Equilibrium
   8. Kinetic Measurements and Data Analysis
   9. Reactor Design
   10. Mixing in Flow Systems and Reactors
   11. Transport Phenomena
   12. Heterogeneous Gas–Solid Reactions and Heterogeneous Catalysis

3. Refining
   13. Pretreatment and Distillation
   14. Thermal Cracking
   15. Catalytic Cracking
   16. Hydrotreating
   17. Hydrocracking
   18. The Next Generation Process
   19. Product Improvement
   20. Hydrogen Production

Glossary
Conversion Factors and SI Units
Index

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