Chemical processing petroleum refining

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs, sometimes also called polynuclear aromatics, PNA) are a hazardous class of widespread pollutants. The parent structures of the common PAHs are shown in Fig. 4 and the alkylated homologs are generally minor in combustion emissions. PAHs are produced by all natural combustion processes (e.g., wild fires) and from anthropogenic activity such as fossil fuels combustion, biomass burning, chemical manufacturing, petroleum refining, metallurgical processes, coal utilization, tar production, etc. [6,9,15,18, 20,24,131-139]. 

Benzene Chemical and rubber processing, petroleum refining Bone marrow... 

Ceramics, Chemical Processing of Heat Exchangers Mineral Processing Petroleum Refining Pharmaceuticals Plastics Engineering Polymer Processing Process Control Systems Pulp and Paper Textile Engineering... 

Chemical Thermodynamics Coordination Compounds Electrolyte Solutions, Transport Properties Fluid Mixing Mineral Processing Petroleum Refining Pharmaceuticals Rubber, Synthetic Synthetic Fuels... 

The principal journals in which information on the commercial production of hydrocarbons from petroleum and natural gas is found include Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Progress, Chemical and Engineering News, Chemical Week, Petroleum Processing, Petroleum Refiner, Oil and Gas Journal, and Petroleum Engineer. 

ORIGIN/INDUSTRY SOURCES/USES produced from coal tar processing, petroleum refining, heat and power generation sources no commercial-scale production produced and distributed for research purposes, extensively in cancer research by-product of chemical production, combustion of tobacco and fuels... 

The major part of these catalytic processes is carried out in fixed bed reactors. Some of the main fixed bed catalytic processes are listed in Table 11.1-1. Except for the catalytic cracking of gas oil, which is carried out in a fluidized bed to enable the continuous regeneration of the catalyst, the main solid catalyzed processes of today s chemical and petroleum refining industry appear in Table 11.1-1. However, there are also fluidized bed alternatives for phthalic anhydride— and ethylene dichloride synthesis. Furthermore, Table 11.1-1 is limited to fixed bed processes with only one fluid phase trickle bed process (e.g., encountered in the hydrodesulfurization of heavier petroleum fractions) are not included in the present discussion. Finally, important processes like ammonia oxidation for nitric acid production or hydrogen cyanide synthesis, in which the catalyst is used in the form of a few layers of gauze are also omitted from Table 11.1-1. 

Petroleum refining, also called petroleum processing, is the recovery and/or generation of usable or salable fractions and products from cmde oil, either by distillation or by chemical reaction of the cmde oil constituents under the effects of heat and pressure. Synthetic cmde oil, produced from tar sand (oil sand) bitumen, and heavier oils are also used as feedstocks in some refineries. Heavy oil conversion (1), as practiced in many refineries, does not fall into the category of synthetic fuels (syncmde) production. In terms of Hquid fuels from coal and other carbonaceous feedstocks, such as oil shale (qv), the concept of a synthetic fuels industry has diminished over the past several years as being uneconomical in light of current petroleum prices. 

Catalysts for Chemical Industry Applications. The PGMs are widely used as catalysts in chemical manufacturing, petroleum (qv) refining, and electrochemical processing (qv). A number of the most important industrial products manufactured by using PGM catalysts are outlined herein. 

Although 600 m of water is used to make a metric ton of fertilizer, 150—240 m to make a tonne of steel, 480 m to make a tonne of gasoline, and 1000 m to make a tonne of acetate fiber, Htde if any is required chemically in any of these processes. Recycling can reduce industrial requirements by a factor of 10—50. Much of this water, particularly that for cooling, and often that for washing, can be saline. Some petroleum refiners have used salt water to remove heat (water s principal role in gasoline production), and some have actually produced table salt by evaporation in cooling towers. 

In the chemical engineering domain, neural nets have been appHed to a variety of problems. Examples include diagnosis (66,67), process modeling (68,69), process control (70,71), and data interpretation (72,73). Industrial appHcation areas include distillation column operation (74), fluidized-bed combustion (75), petroleum refining (76), and composites manufacture (77). 

The powders of zeolites of various trademarks are used to produce petroleum-refining catalysts. In this connection, it is very important to have complete information concerning not only chemical composition and distribution of impurity elements, but also shape, surface, stmcture and sizes of particles. It allows a more detailed analysis of the physical-chemical characteristics of catalysts, affecting their activity at different stages of technological process. One prospective for solving these tasks is X-ray microanalysis with an electron probe (EPMA). 

Wastes from petroleum refining, natural gas purification and pyrolitic treatment of coal Wastes from inorganic chemical processes Wastes from organic chemical processes... 

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