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The chemistry of hydrocarbon fuels / Harold H. Schobert

Author
Schobert, Harold H., 1943-
Published
London ; Boston : Butterworths, 1990.
Physical Description
viii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents
DIAGENESIS: The end of accumulation of organic matter -- Rotting -- Moldering -- Putrefaction -- The formation of kerogen -- The van Krevelen diagram -- CATAGENESIS: Hydrogen redistribution -- Catagenesis of humic kerogen -- Catagenesis of algal and liptinitic kerogen -- Other sapropelic fuels -- NATURAL GAS: Wet and dry gas -- Sour gas -- Other components of natural gas -- Introducdon to volatility relationships -- Natural gas as a premium fuel -- PETROLEUM: The components of petroleum -- Some additional properties of petroleum -- Classification of crude oils -- Asphalts and tar sands -- COAL: Coal compared with gas and oil -- The heterogeneity of coal -- The classification of coal by rank -- The variation of coal composition with rank -- The variation of calorific value with rank -- The macromolecular structures of coal -- Implications of structural variation in coals -- The caking behavior of bituminous coals -- The inorganic components of coal -- PROCESSING AND USE OF NATURAL GAS: Natural gas processing -- Combustion of natural gas -- Carbon blacks -- Other non-fuel uses of natural gas -- PETROLEUM PRODUCTS: Desalting -- Distillation -- Petroleum products -- PROCESSING OF PETROLEUM FRACTIONS: Thermal cracking -- Polymerization and alkylation -- Catalytic cracking -- Catalytic reforming -- Applications of hydrogen in refining -- COAL COMBUSTION: Coal preparation -- Combustion processes -- PRODUCTION AND USE OF SYNTHESIS GAS: The production of synthesis gas -- The water-gas shift reaction -- The uses of synthesis gas -- ALTERNATE FUELS FROM COAL: Coal carbonization -- Coke production -- Coal gasification -- Coal liquefaction -- OXYGENATED FUELS: t-Butyl alcohol and ether -- Ethanol -- Methanol -- Methanol to gasoline -- CHEMICALS FROM FUELS: Coal tar chemicals -- Petrochemicals -- Chemicals from coal and biomass.
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ISBN
040803825X
9780408038256
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EMS copy inscribed by author.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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