Petroleum Products: Instability And Incompatibility

by George Mushrush

Overview

This book provides an overview of the chemical and physical concepts of instability and incompatibility of petroleum and liquid fuels. It helps the petroleum refinery personnel to handle liquid fuels from other sources as feedstocks for the refinery system.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781560322979
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/01/1995
Series:	Applied Energy Technology Series
Pages:	390
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mushrush\, George

Table of Contents

Definitions; Chemistry of the Functional Groups; Chemical basis of Fuel Instability; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Motor Gasoline; Jet Fuels; Diesel Fuels; Lubricating Oils; Lubricating Greases and Waxes; Asphaltic Bitumens; Incompatibility in Refining.

Editorial Reviews

Noting that the increasing decline in the quality of petroleum has reached the point that the end products are being affected, describes how liquid fuel from petroleum is incompatible with liquid fuel from the other emerging sources, such as coal, oil sands and oil shale, and even with other petroleum products, in terms of chemical instability reactions. Describes incompatibility in distillate fuels such as gasoline and diesel jet fuel; and in non distillate products such as lubricating oil and wax, residential fuel oil, and asphalt. Also considers incompatibility in refining operations. Strives to be accessible to readers with no formal chemistry above high school. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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