1st Edition

Process Chemistry of Lubricant Base Stocks

By Thomas R. Lynch Copyright 2007
388 Pages
by CRC Press

388 Pages 203 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

392 Pages
by CRC Press

Advances in processing methods are not only improving the quality and yield of lubricant base stocks, they are also reducing the dependence on more expensive crude oil starting materials.  Process Chemistry of Lubricant Base Stocks provides a comprehensive understanding of the chemistry behind the processes involved in petroleum base stock production from crude oil fractions. This book examines... Read more
Introduction. Viscosity, Pour Points, Boiling Points, and Chemical Structure. Development of the Viscosity Index Concept and Relationship to Hydrocarbon Composition. Compositional Methods. Oxidation Resistance of Base Stocks. Conventional Base Stock Production: Solvent Refining, Solvent Dewaxing and Finishing. Lubes Hydrocracking. Chemistry of Hydroprocessing. Urea Dewaxing and the BP Catalytic Process. Dewaxing by Hydrocracking and Hydroisomerization. Technical and Food Grade White Oils and Highly Refined Paraffins. Basestocks from Fischer-Tropsch Wax and the Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) Process.

Biography

Thomas R. Lynch