An expert guide to 250 process technologies and key internal and external factors which dictate process structure and ultimately process and plant design.
Authoritative and easy to use, this handbook provides analysis of key internal and external factors of over 250 process technologies which dictate process structure and ultimately process and plant design. In this handbook, hydrocarbon processes are arranged in segments to reflect the diverse industries in which they are produced. Each chemical process is presented alphabetically. After the general description of the historical development and significance of a product, the author describes the current process followed by a description of the latest process developments. Included are manufacturing processes which are treated according to their respective applications within each chapter.
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.