Table of contents:
History and development of refining--Composition of petroleum--Refinery products and test methods--Evaluation of oil stocks--Physical properties of petroleum oil--Introduction to processing--Refinery and distillation processes--Auxiliary processes and operations--Refinery corrosion and metals--Chemical treatments--Solvent treating or extraction processes--Dewaxing--Fluid mechanics--Combustion--Vaporization and condensation--Fractionation and towers--Heat transfer and exchangers--Tubestill heaters--Thermal cracking and decomposition processes--Rebuilding hydrocarbons--Catalytic cracking and reforming--Natural and refinery gases--Economics of design--Typical design calculation