Description
This book is prepared in a simple, lucid &easy understandable language with special emphasis on crude oil refining technologies and scenario in Indian context. This book is meant for the students, teachers, practicing engineer, consultants and policy makers on petroleum refining. Extensive use of Internet resources has been made in gathering the relevant information and the subject matter has been presented in a simple lucid manner for easy understanding of the subject.
This book is targeted to benefit the following:
- Diploma in engineering students.
- Degree in engineering students (B. Tech ( Chemical Engineering,) B. Tech (Petroleum Engineering, B. Tech ( Petrochemical Engineering), B. Tech ( Aeronautical Engineering), AMIE, AMIICHE, Students etc.
- Tech students of various disciplines pursuing courses on petroleum refining.
- Faculty members/ Teaching staff of Engineering colleges/IIT’s/NIT’s etc.
- Practicing petroleum engineers/consultants/refiners in various private sector/ public sector undertakings, state/ central government departments, NGO’s etc.
- Students of foreign universities of developing countries pursuing diploma/ degree/ postgraduate courses in various engineering disciplines having a paper in petroleum refinery engineering.
- The scope and coverage of the subject matter presented can be gauged from glancing the contents portion of the book to judge its suitability and relevance for a particular target group.
Table of Contents
Preface
Definition
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Origin, Composition, Classification, Pretreatment & Transportation of Petroleum Crude Oil
Chapter 2: Indian Crude Oil & Oil Refineries
Chapter 3: Processing of Crude Oil-Refinery Operation & Products
Chapter 4: Thermal and Catalytic Cracking
Chapter 5: Thermal and Catalytic Reforming
Chapter 6: Polymerisation Alkylation and Isomerisation Processes
Chapter 7: Purification of Petroleum Products
Chapter 8: Properties of Petroleum Products
Chapter 9: Requisites of Good Quality Petroleum Products
Chapter 10: Storage and Handling of Petroleum Product
Chapter 11: General Appendix
Chapter 12: Objective Type Q&A in Petroleum Refinery
References/ Bibliography/Further Reading
Subject Index
Author
O.P. Gupta
Om Prakash Gupta is basically being a chemical engineer, he has a practising experience of efficient Ennergy management and HR functions in steel Industry for more than three decades. privileged to be the youngest writer of technical books in the country (for he had written his first book at the age of 24 years while doing M. Tech. at I.I.T kanpur in 1979), he has authored many frontline books for engineering students. besides, being the regular faculty member in technical courses for Management Trainees (Technical), he has also visited england and france on a study tour sponsored by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to study the scope of energy conservation in steel plants in 1987.
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