Handbook of Petroleum Refining Processes, 4th Edition

Title: Handbook of Petroleum Refining Processes, 4th Edition
Author: Robert A. Meyers
ISBN: 007185049X / 9780071850490
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 864
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Year: 2016
Availability: 45-60 days

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GAIN A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE LATEST PETROLEUM REFINING PROCESS TECHNIQUES

This authoritative resource will prove essential for anyone who needs current, expertly written coverage of the latest developments in the petroleum refining process industry. This fully revised Fourth Edition is a complete compendium of licensable technologies for the refining of petroleum and production of environmentally acceptable fuels and petrochemical intermediates. It delivers in-depth coverage of today's petroleum refining technologies, methods, and best practices.

Handbook of Petroleum Refining Processes, Fourth Edition features chapter contributions from experts at some of the world's leading petroleum companies, including: Amec Foster Wheeler, CB&I, Chevron Lummus Global, Honeywell UOP, Sinopec, and Technip Stone & Webster. Within its pages, you will get complete details on the excavation and production of coal, diesel, and heavy crude as well as fuels such as shale oil and gas. Product specifications, economics, and global environmental regulations are thoroughly explained.

If you are looking for clear, up-to-date, and reliable coverage of the latest technologies serving the petroleum industry, your search ends here.

 This updated Fourth Edition covers:                      

  • Alkylation and Polymerization
  • Base Aromatics Production Processes
  • Catalytic Cracking
  • Dehydrogenation
  • Synthesis Gas and Hydrogen Production
  • Hydrocracking
  • Hydrotreating
  • Isomerization
  • Separation Processes
  • Sulfur Compound Extraction and Sweetening
  • Visbreaking and Coking
  • Catalytic Reforming
  • Oxygenates Production Technologies
  • Olefins from Methanol
  • Hydrogen Processing

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Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Licensing Contacts

Part 1 : Alkylation and Polymerization
Chapter 1.1 :
UOP AlkyPlus Alkylation Process
Chapter 1.2 : CB&I's CDAlky Process for the Production of High-Octane Alkylate : Breaking the Cold-Temperature Barrier
Chapter 1.3 : BenzOUT Technology for Benzene Reduction
Chapter 1.4 : UOP Catolene Process

Part 2 : Base Aromatics Production Processes
Chapter 2.1 :
Aromatics Complexes
Chapter 2.2 : UOP Sulfolane Process
Chapter 2.3 : Q-Max Process for Cumene Production
Chapter 2.4 : UOP Cyclar Process
Chapter 2.5 : UOP Isomar Process
Chapter 2.6 : UOP Tatoray Process
Chapter 2.7 : UOP Parex Process

Part 3 : Catalytic Cracking
Chapter 3.1 :
Deep Catalytic Cracking : A Commercially Well-Proven Process for Light Olefins
Chapter 3.2 : UOP Fluid Catalytic Cracking Process
Chapter 3.3 : Resid FCC Process : From Heavy Feeds to Valuable Products
Chapter 3.4 : INDMAX FCC : High Propylene Fluid Catalytic Cracking Technology by CB&I's Lummus Technology Inc. and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

Part 4 : Dehydrogenation
Chapter 4.1 :
UOP Oleflex Process for Light Olefin Production
Chapter 4.2 : UOP Pacol Dehydrogenation Process
Chapter 4.3 : Light Olefin/Diolefin Production via CB&I's CATOFIN/CATADIENE Processes
Chapter 4.4 : TPC/UOP OXO-D Process

Part 5 : Synthesis Gas and Hydrogen Production
Chapter 5.1 :
Amec Foster Wheeler Hydrogen Production
Chapter 5.2 : Technip Hydrogen Production
Chapter 5.3 : E-Gas Gasification

Part 6 : Hydrocraking
Chapter 6.1 :
ISOCRACKING : Hydrocracking for Superior Fuels and Lubes Production
Chapter 6.2 : UOP Unicracking Process for Hydocracking
Chapter 6.3 : Chevron Lummus Global Ebullated-Bed Bottom-of-the-Barrel Hydroconversion (LC-FINING) Process
Chapter 6.4 : UOP Uniflex

Part 7 : Hydrotreating
Chapter 7.1 :
RDS/VRDS Hydrotreating : Transportation Fuels from the Bottom of the Barrel
Chapter 7.2 : Selective Hydrogenation Processes
Chapter 7.3 : UOP RCD Unionfining Process
Chapter 7.4 : Production of Superior Lubricant Base Oil Utilizing ISODEWAXING and ISOFINISHING
Chapter 7.5 : Process Intensification via CB&I's CDHydro Technologies
Chapter 7.6 : UOP Hydrotreating Technology
Chapter 7.7 : UOP Unisar Process for Saturation of Aromatics

Part 8 : Isomerization
Chapter 8.1 :
UOP BenSat Process
Chapter 8.2 : UOP Par-Isom Process
Chapter 8.3 : UOP Butamer Process
Chapter 8.4 : UOP Penex Process

Part 9 : Separation Processes
Chapter 9.1 :
Onstream Catalyst Replacement (OCR) and Upflow Reactor (UFR) Technologies for Fixed-Bed Residuum Hydrotreating
Chapter 9.2 : UOP/Amec Foster Wheeler Solvent Deasphalting Process
Chapter 9.3 : MaxEne Process

Part 10 : Sulfur Compound Extraction and Sweetening
Chapter 10.1 :
UOP Merox Process
Chapter 10.2 : S Zorb Sulfur Removal Technology for Gasoline
Chapter 10.3 : CB&I's CDHydro/CDHDS Process for Selectively Desulfurizing FCC Gasoline
Chapter 10.4 : Amec Foster Wheeler Amine Regeneration, Sour Water Stripping, Sulfur Recovery, and Tail Gas Treating
Chapter 10.5 : UOP Gasoline Desulfurization

Part 11 : Visbreaking and Coking
Chapter 11.1 :
Amec Foster Wheeler/UOP Visbreaking Process
Chapter 11.2 : SYDEC Delayed Coking Process
Chapter 11.3 : Chevron Lummus Global's Advanced Coking Technology for Modern Refineries

Part 12 : Catalytic Reforming
Chapter 12.1 :
UOP CCR Platforming

Part 13 : Oxygenates Production Technologies
Chapter 13.1 :
CB&I's CDMtbe/CDEtbe/CDTame Processes for the Production of High-Quality Ethers and Bio-Ethers

Part 14 : Olefins from Methanol
Chapter 14.1 :
CB&I's Methanol to Olefins Recovery and Olefin Interconversion
Chapter 14.2 : Advanced Methanol-to-Olefins Process

Part 15 : Hydrogen Processing
Chapter 15.1 :
Hydrogen Processing Historical Perspective

Glossary
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Index