Petroleum refinery engineering / W. L. Nelson.
By: Nelson, W. L. (Wilbur Lundine)
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BookSeries: McGraw-Hill series in chemical engineering.Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, 1958Edition: 4th ed.Description: 960 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Petroleum -- RefiningDDC classification: 665.5 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 665.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00021885 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
History and development of refining -- Composition of petroleum -- Refinery products and test methods -- Evaluation of oil stocks -- Physical properties of petroleum oil -- Introduction to processing -- Refinery and distillation processes -- Auxiliary processes and operations -- Refinery corrosion and metals -- Chemical treatments -- Solvent treating or extraction processes -- Dewaxing -- Fluid mechanics -- Combustion -- Vaporization and condensation -- Fractionation and towers -- Heat transfer and exchangers -- Tubestill heaters -- Thermal cracking and decompostion processes -- Rebuilding hydrocarbons -- Catalytic cracking and reforming -- Natural and refinery gases -- Economics of design -- Typical design calculation.