Download or read book Thermal and Catalytic Processes in Petroleum Refining written by Serge Raseev and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-02-26 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text examines the thermal and catalytic processes involved in the refining of petroleum including visbreaking, coking, pyrolysis, catalytic cracking, oligomerization, alkylation, hydrofining, hydroisomerization, hydrocracking, and catalytic reforming. It analyzes the thermodynamics, reaction mechanisms, and kinetics of each process, as well as