Nanosized molecular sieves as petroleum refining and petrochemical catalysts

A Review on Petroleum Refining and Petrochemical Processes with Special Emphasis on Catalysts and Flue Gas Treatment Technology

Petrochemical and Petroleum refining sector has become the backbone of the economical development. The costs of all the consumer goods are closely governed by cost of petroleum products. Diesel and petrol are two most widely used liquid fuels in the world. The cost of the fuel depends on the raw material. The optimization of the reaction carried out in these industries can save some cost and ad...

oeCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES lN PETROLEUM REFINING

Petroleum oil was used for many centuries in Egypt, China, Mesopotamia and Persia for heating, lighting, roadmaking and building. Small accumulations of oil were reported at Pechelbronn in Alsace in 1498 and in Poland in 1506, and Marco Polo noted 'oil springs' at Baku on the Caspian Sea in the latter part of the thirteenth century. Raleigh, in 1595, reported the existence of the Trinidad Pitch...

On the Formulation of Petroleum and Petrochemical Planning Optimization Models

Zeolites as Catalysts for Fuels Refining after Indirect Liquefaction Processes.

The use of zeolite catalysts for the refining of products from methanol synthesis and Fisher-Tropsch synthesis was reviewed. The focus was on fuels refining processes and differences in the application to indirect liquefaction products was compared to petroleum, which is often a case of managing different molecules. Processes covered were skeletal isomerisation of n-butenes, hydroisomerisation ...

Water Management in the Petroleum Refining Industry

Petroleum refining industry uses large volumes of water. The water demand is up to 3 m3 of water for every ton of petroleum processed (US EPA, 1980, 1982; WB, 1998). Almost 56% of this quantity is used in cooling systems, 16% in boiling systems, 19% in production processes and the rest in auxiliary operations. The water usage in the Mexican refineries is almost 155 millions m3 per year; it is 2...