Petrochemical economics [[electronic resource] ] : technology selection in a carbon constrained world / / Duncan Seddon

• Autore: Seddon Duncan
• Pubblicazione: London, : Imperial College Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.2/728; 338.2728; 338.47665538
• Soggetto topico: Petroleum chemicals industry - Costs; Petroleum chemicals industry - Technological innovations
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface; CONTENTS; Chapter 1: World Ethylene Production by Steam Cracking; Chapter 2: Chemistry of Olefin Production; Chapter 3: Gaseous Feedstocks - Production and Price; Chapter 4: Liquid Feedstock, Production and Price; Chapter 5: Value of Products, Storage and Transport; Chapter 6: Carbon Dioxide Emissions; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; Chapter 7: Ethane Cracking; Chapter 8: LPG Cracking; Chapter 9: Liquid Feedstock Cracking; Chapter 10: Other Routes to Olefins from Hydrocarbons; Chapter 11: Routes to Olefins from Coal; APPENDICES; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This compendium gives an overview of the technologies and economics in the production of olefins in the petrochemical industries. It highlights the options and costs for producing olefins using different technologies and different feedstocks at a time when the cost of carbon dioxide emissions are set to be included in the production cost. Industry professionals, engineers, research scientists and financiers will find this title a valuable resource.
• Titolo autorizzato: Petrochemical economics
• ISBN: 1-282-76014-9; 9786612760143; 1-84816-535-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780878203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Catalytic science series ; ; v. 8.