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Basic book, video tutrial on petroleum refinery process?

Basic book, video tutrial on petroleum refinery process?

Basic book, video tutrial on petroleum refinery process?

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I'm on a learning process here in a petroleum refinery. I'm very new to this. Can somebody suggest a good basic book on petroleum refinery process? If there's a book on petroleum refining for non-technical people that would be a good start for me. Also a dvd tutorial , if there are any, would be a plus. Thanks in advance.

RE: Basic book, video tutrial on petroleum refinery process?

mcinco50:

Try this book:

James H. Gary and Glenn E. Handwerk, "Petroleum Refining Technology and Economics", Second Edition, Marcel Dekker Inc., 1984, ISBN 0-8247-7150-8

Milton Beychok
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RE: Basic book, video tutrial on petroleum refinery process?

Quote (mcinco50):

If there's a book on petroleum refining for non-technical people...

Why, yes, there is. It's called Petroleum Refining in Nontechnical Language available at http://store.pennwellbooks.com/petreffornon.html

jt

RE: Basic book, video tutrial on petroleum refinery process?

The best book for your purposes, in my opinion, is "Petroleum Processing" by R.J. Hengstebeck of Amoco (McGraw-Hill, 1959).  It's out of print but libraries should carry it.  This is an incredibly lucid book, written by one of the masters.

I studied with Professor Nelson and his "Petroleum Refinery Engineering" (4th edition, McGraw-Hill, 1958) is the definitive work on the subject, but it may contain more detail than newcomers can handle.

Also, look for "Petroleum Processing Handbook" by Bland and Davidson (McGraw-Hill, 1967) for explanations in a nutshell for a wide variety of processes.  This also has an excellent section on light hydrocarbon and petroleum fraction physical and transport properties.  Finally, there is a vast list of references, a bit dated of course.

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