The chemistry and technology of petroleum (3rd revised and expanded edition 1999) (chemical industries, 76)

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Fully covers the subject—from underground formation of petroleum to recovery of refined products. Third Edition contains new chapters on the structure of petroleum, refining heavy feedstocks, instability and incompatibility in petroleum products, environmental aspects of refining and more.
History, occurrence, and recovery: classification, origin and occurrence, kerogen, exploration, recovery, and transportation. Composition and properties: chemical composition, fractional composition, properties and evaluation, identification and structural group analysis, asphaltenes, the structure of petroleum. refining: refining chemistry, refinery distillation, thermal crackling, catalytic cracking, hydroprocessing, refining heavy feedstocks, product improvement, treatment processes, gas cleaning, products, instability and incompatibility, petrochemicals. environmental issues: environmental aspects of refining. Glossary.
Fully covers the subject—from underground formation of petroleum to recovery of refined products. Third Edition contains new chapters on the structure of petroleum, refining heavy feedstocks, instability and incompatibility in petroleum products, environmental aspects of refining and more.