Fundamentals of Petroleum Refining

Introduction; Refinery Feedstocks and Products; Thermophvsical Properties of Petroleum Fractions a nd Crude Oils; Crude Distillation; Catalytic Reform ing and Isomerization; Thermal Cracking and Coking; Hydroconversion; Fluidised Catalytic Cracking; Product Blending; Alkylation; Hydrogen production; Clean fuels; Residue upgrading; Safety in petroleum refineries; Acid gas processing and mercaptar; Refinery economics; Environmental aspects in refining; Overall refinery case study.

Fundamentals of Petroleum Refining

MOHAMED A. FAH IM, TAHER A. ALSAHHAF, AMAL ELKILANI.

Elsevier

2010

Abstract

Fundamentals of Petroleum Refining presents the fundamentals of thermodynamics and kinetics, and it explains the scientific background essential for understanding refinery operations. The text also provides a detailed introduction to refinery engineering topics, ranging from the basic principles and unit operations to overall refinery economics.

The book covers important topics, such as clean fuels, gasification, biofuels, and environmental impact of refining, which are not commonly discussed in most refinery textbooks. Throughout the source, problem sets and examples are given to help the reader practice and apply the fundamental principles of refining.

Chapters 1-10 can be used as core materials for teaching undergraduate courses. The first two chapters present an introduction to the petroleum refining industry and then focus on feedstocks and products.

Thermophysical properties of crude oils and petroleum fractions, including processes of atmospheric and vacuum distillations, are discussed in Chapters 3 and 4. Conversion processes, product blending, and alkylation are covered in chapters 5-10. The remaining chapters discuss hydrogen production, clean fuel production, refining economics and safety, acid gas treatment and removal, and methods for environmental and effluent treatments.