Contents
Volume 1
Part I General Refinery Processes and Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Introduction to Crude Oil and Petroleum Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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David S. J. Jones
Petroleum Products and a Refinery Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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David S. J. Jones and Steven A. Treese
Atmospheric and Vacuum Crude Distillation Units in Petroleum
Refineries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
David S. J. Jones
Distillation of the “Light Ends” from Crude Oil in Petroleum
Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
David S. J. Jones
Catalytic Reforming in Petroleum Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Mark P. Lapinski, Stephen Metro, Peter R. Pujado ´, and Mark Moser
Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) in Petroleum Refining . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Warren Letzsch
Hydrocracking in Petroleum Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Maureen Bricker, Vasant Thakkar, and John Petri
Hydrotreating in Petroleum Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Peter Kokayeff, Steven Zink, and Pamela Roxas
Alkylation in Petroleum Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Douglas A. Nafis, Kurt A. Detrick, and Robert L. Mehlberg
Olefin Condensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Robert L. Mehlberg, Peter R. Pujado ´, and Dennis J. Ward
Isomerization in Petroleum Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Dana Sullivan, Stephen Metro, and Peter R. Pujado ´
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