
Upgrading Petroleum Residues and Heavy Oils
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Book Description
"This useful reference offers in-depth coverage of current techniques for converting heavy oils and residues into more valuable distillates.Examines the chemistry of heavy hydrocarbon feeds and their properties important to engineering design, including phase behavior, reaction kinetics, and thermodynamic and transport characteristics!"
Table of Contents
Heavy Oil and Residue Properties and Composition; Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Heavy Oil and Bitumen; Chemistry of Upgrading and Hydrotreating Reactions; Fundamentals of Kinetic Analysis of Upgrading Reactions; Residue Hydroconversion Processes; Thermal and Coking Processes; Fluid Catalytic Cracking of Residues; Hydrotreating of Cracked Products.
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Gray, R. Murray