Fundamentals of petroleum and petrochemical engineering [electronic resource] / Uttam Ray Chaudhuri.
By: Chaudhuri, Uttam Ray.
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BookSeries: Chemical industries: 130.Publisher: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2010Description: xxv, 385 p. : ill.ISBN: 9781439851616 (ebook : PDF).Subject(s): Petroleum engineeringGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: Distributed by publisher. Purchase or institutional license may be required for access. Also available in print edition.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ch. 1. Crude petroleum oil -- ch. 2. Petroleum products and test methods -- ch. 3. Processing operations in a petroleum refinery -- ch. 4. Lubricating oil and grease -- ch. 5. Petrochemicals -- ch. 6. Offsite facilities, power and utilities -- ch. 7. Material and energy balances -- ch. 8. Heat exchangers and pipe-still furnaces -- ch. 9. Distillation and stripping -- ch. 10. Extraction -- ch. 11. Reactor calculations -- ch. 12. Elements of pipeline transfer facilities -- ch. 13. Instrumentation and control in a refinery -- ch. 14. Miscellaneous -- ch. 15. Plant management and economics.
"A complete delineation of the basics of crude oil, petrochemicals, refineries, and hydrocarbon processing plants, this book begins with coverage of crude exploration and production and concludes with start up and shut down. Each chapter contains with exercises and questions at the end and solved problems have been provided throughout the book. The book includes topics such as products from crude oil and their testing, refinery operations, lubricants and petrochemical manufacture, plastic and rubber processing, offsites, utilities, and chemicals, plant and equipment calculations, instrumentation and control, and management."-- Provided by publisher.
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