Handbook of Industrial Hydrocarbon Processes

Industrial Hydrocarbon Processes will present an analysis of the process steps used to produce industrial hydrocarbons from various raw materials. It is offer a thorough analysis of external factors effecting production such as: cost, availability and environmental legislation. Specific processing operations described in the book include: distillation, thermal cracking and coking, catalytic methods, hydroprocesses, thermal and catalytic reforming, isomerization, alkylation processes, polymerization processes, solvent processes, water removal, fractionation and acid gas removal. This book is arranged in an organized, easy-to-read, and understandable manner and presents the process steps that are required to produce chemicals from various raw materials. It will also assist chemists, engineers, and all manufacturing personnel, even specialists, as it is often possible to translate such general procedures from one discipline to another.