Advances in Clean Hydrocarbon Fuel Processing is a practical, comprehensive and systematic reference on the range of alternative conversion processes and technologies.

Coverage includes:

• range of alternative conversion processes and technologies
• feedstocks, environmental issues and life cycle assessments for alternative hydrocarbon fuel processing, including key issues in solid, liquid and gaseous fuel conversion
• automation, advanced process control and process modelling techniques for plant optimisation

Part 1: Overview and Assessment of Hydrocarbon Fuel Conversion Processes
Part 2: Solid Hydrocarbon Fuel Processing and Technology
Part 3: Liquid hydrocarbon Fuel Processing and Technology
Part 4: Gaseous Hydrocarbn Fuel Processing and Technology
Part 5: Operational Issues and Process Improvement in Hydrocarbon Fuel Processing Plant

CONTENTS

Part 1: Overview and Assessment of Hydrocarbon Fuel Conversion Processes

1. Characterisation and preparation of biomass, oil shale and coal-based feedstocks

• Types and properties of feedstock
• Coal feedstock characterization and requirements
• Coal cleaning and preparation techniques
• Coal slurry fuels

2. Production, properties and environmental impact of hydrocarbon fuel conversion

• Production of hydrocarbon fuels
• Properties of hydrocarbon fuels
• Use and energy efficiency
• Environmental impact
• Toxicity hazards

3. Life cycle assessment (LCA) of alternative hydrocarbon fuel conversion

• Life cycle assessment: environmental, energetic and techno-economic issues
• Life cycle assessment of fuel conversion routes and alternative feedstock utilisation

Part 2: Solid Hydrocarbon Fuel Processing and Technology

4. Direct liquefaction (DCL) processes and technology for coal and biomass conversion

• Feedstocks for direct liquefaction
• Basics of coal and biomass/lignin reaction chemistry
• Process variables: coal rank, solvent, catalyst, temperature, pressure, and residence time in direct liquefaction (DCL)
• Known process technologies -
• Product output and quality issues
• Process control and modeling techniques
• Advantages and limitations

5. Gasification processes and technology

• Gasification in the refinery environment
• Basic principles
• Building blocks for complete systems
• Hydrogen and power plant as an example of a complete system
• Advantages and limitations

6. Pyrolysis processes and technology for the conversion of hydrocarbons and biomass

• Applicable feedstocks
• Process technology
• Basic reactions
• Thermodynamics/reaction kinetics
• Catalyst and solvent utilisation

7. Biomass catalysis in conventional refineries

• Biomass feedstock: Availability and diversity
• Catalytic cracking of biomass feedstock
• Hydrotreating of biomass feedstock
• Production of conventional liquid fuels from sugars

Part 3: Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuel Processing and Technology

8. Sulfur removal from heavy and light petroleum hydrocarbon by selective oxidation

• Oxidative desulfurization chemistry

9. Partial oxidation (POX) processes and technology for clean fuel and chemical production

• Process technology and methods of partial oxidation (POX)
• Basic partial oxidation reactions
• Catalysts utilised
• Process control and modelling techniques
• Advantages, limitations and optimisation

10. Hydroconversion processes and technology for clean fuel and chemical production

• Environmental protection
• Hydroconversion overview
• Economics of hydroconversion
• Chemistry of hydroconversion
• Supported-metal hydroconversion catalysts
• Commercial hydroconversion units

Part 4: Gaseous Hydrocarbon Fuel Processing and Technology

11. Middle distillate fuel production from synthesis gas via the Fischer-Tropsch process

• Process technology
• Basic principles of the reaction process
• Catalyst utilisation
• Product upgrading and quality isues
• Process modelling and control
• Advantages, limitations and optimisation for synthetic middle distillate fuels

12. Methanol and dimethyl ether (DME) production from synthesis gas

• Process technology and new innovations
• Basic principles of methanol synthesis
• Catalysts
• Product quality
• Estimation of production costs

13. Advances in water-gas shift technology: modern catalysts and improved reactor concepts

• Modern reactor concepts
• Advanced catalytic systems

14. Natural gas hydrate conversion processes

• Factors important for hydrate conversion
• Resource potential
• Conversion processes
• Advantages, limitations and optimization

Part 5: operational Issues and Process Improvement in Hydrocarbon Fuel Processing Plant

15. Environmental degradation in hydrocarbon fuel processing plant: issues and mitigation

• Types of degradations and their main locations
• Protection and mitigation technologies
• Plant management techniques

16. Automation technology in hydrocarbon fuel processing plant

• Automation technology survey: from exploration to processing
• Fundamentals of process control
• Future trends in automation technology
• Working towards a broader integration of control and operation

17. Advanced process control for clean fuel production: Smart plant of the future

• Incentives for smart process control technologies
• Smart instrumentation of the future
• Advanced process control (APC) and optimization solutions
• Model predictive control technology (MPC)
• Real time optimization (RTO) technology
• Control systems performance monitoring (CPM)

18. Process modelling for hydrocarbon fuel conversion

• Mesh generation
• Turbulence modeling
• Combustion modelling
• Radiation modeling
• Empirical modeling techniques
• Process flow models
• Chemical kinetic modelling

Index

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