- Hardcover: 310 pages
- Publisher: PennWell Books; 3rd Revised edition edition (15 Jan 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0878147764
- ISBN-13: 978-0878147762
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 16 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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- #69 in Books > Science & Nature > Engineering & Technology > Energy Technology > Fossil Fuels > Petroleum
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Leffler gives you an overview of key refining topics by using relevant analogies, easy-to-understand graphs, formulas, and illustrations. Use this book for self-study, as a classroom textbook, or as a quick reference. Contents: Crude oil characteristics Distilling Flashing The chemistry of petroleum Catalytic cracking Refinery gas plants Alkylation Catalytic reforming Residue reduction Hydrocracking Gasoline blending Distillate fuels Asphalt and residual fuel Hydrogen, hydrotreating, and sulfur plants Isomerization Solvent recovery of aromatics Ethylene plants Simple and complex refineries Crude oil, condesate, and natural gas liquids Fuel values - heating values Answers and solutions.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Several books in one,
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This review is from: Petroleum Refining in Nontechnical Language (Pennwell Nontechnical Series) (Hardcover)
This is a useful, entertaining book which can actually be read in a number of different ways.The first is as an entertainingly written, quick introduction to the business of refining. With a bit of determination, the book can be read quickly in a matter of hours, and the reader will emerge with an understanding of the core concepts. The second is as a more detailed textbook. Questions at the end of every (short) chapter, with answers in the back allow the slower, more careful reader to test and deepen his understanding as he progresses. And the third use is as a great reference tool, for use at those times when there is a niggling little piece of information you need but can't remember. So, in summary, reading this will not equip you to build or run a refinery, but it is a great introduction/textbook/reference.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Easy to read,
By Rog (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Petroleum Refining in Nontechnical Language (Pennwell Nontechnical Series) (Hardcover)
The chap writes in an entertaining style, and goes over the school chemistry you need to understand refining. He explains the confusing jargon and abbreviations littering the oil business. Coming from a non oil background to work in a refinery, I have found it excellent.
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Very well written, very informative, and very practical examples. While reading this book does not make one an instant petroleum refining expert, it certainly goes a long way to enhancing one's knowledge of the industry's fundamentals.
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