
- 266 pages
- English
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Petroleum Refining in Nontechnical Language
About this book
For 45 years, William Leffler's Petroleum Refining in Nontechnical Language has been the go-to best seller for anyone needing to know the fundamentals of refining. Each chapter was carefully written in nontechnical language to give the reader a basic understanding of the refining industry.
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Edition
5Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Foreword
- 1 - The Evolution of Petroleum Refining
- 2 - From the Oil Patch to the Refinery
- 3 - Crude Oil Characteristics
- 4 - Distilling
- 5 - Vacuum Flashing
- 6 - The Chemistry of Petroleum
- 7 - Refinery Gas Plants
- 8 - Cat Cracking
- 9 - Alkylation
- 10 - Catalytic Reforming
- 11 - Hydrocracking
- 12 - Isomerization
- 13 - Residue Reduction
- 14 - Gasoline
- 15 - Distillate and Residual Fuels
- 16 - Hydrogen, Hydrotreating and Sulfur Plants
- 17 - Asphalt
- 18 - Lubricants
- 19 - Olefins and Aromatic Plants
- 20 - Simple and Complex Refineries
- 21 - Achieving Competitiveness
- 22 - Fuel Values â Heating Values
- Answers to the Exercises
- Glossary
- Index