Le lecteur trouvera rassemblé ici l’ensemble des informations utiles pour caractériser, analyser, évaluer les pétroles bruts de différentes origines, ainsi que les coupes pétrolières qui en découlent. Seront ainsi passées en revue les caractéristiques et spécifications de tous les produits pétroliers ainsi que les schémas simplifiés de leur fabrication. Cet ouvrage est disponible en anglais sous le titre "Petroleum Refining. 1. Crude Oil. Petroleum Products. Process Flowsheets". Table des matières : 1. Composition des pétroles bruts et des produits pétroliers. 2. Fractionnement et analyse élémentaires des pétroles bruts et des coupes pétrolières. 3. Caractérisation des pétroles bruts et des coupes pétrolières. 4. Méthodes de calcul des propriétés physiques des hydrocarbures. 5. Caractéristiques des produits pétroliers utilisés à des fins énergétiques (carburants - combustibles). 6. Caractéristiques des produits pétroliers non énergétiques. 7. Normes et spécifications des produits pétroliers. 8. Evaluation des pétroles bruts. 9. Additifs pour carburants et lubrifiants. 10. Introduction au raffinage. Bibliographie. Index.

The simulation and optimization of processes assumes that the thermodynamic properties and phase equilibria of the mixtures concerned are well known. This knowledge is still based upon experimentation, but it is also the result of calculation methods based on the principles of thermodynamics that govern them, insure their coherence, and confer upon them a wide range of application. This text is concerned primarily with the description of these methods and their evolution. It devotes extensive space to fundamental concepts and places particular emphasis on the models that, although based on simplified concepts of the subject matter at the molecular level, have predictive character. Computational examples are used to explain the application of these concepts and models. Contents: 1. Principles. Thermodynamic functions. The ideal gas. 2. Properties of pure substances. 3. Predicting thermodynamic properties of pure substances. General principles. Corresponding states. Group contributions. 4. Equations of state. 5. Characterization of mixtures. 6. Mixtures: liquid-vapor equilibria. 7. Deviations from ideality in the liquid phase. 8. Application of equations of state to mixtures. Calculation of liquid-vapor equilibria under pressure. 9. Liquid-liquid and liquid-liquid-vapor equilibria. 10. Fluid-solid equilibria. Crystallization. Hydrates. 11. Polymer solutions and alloys. 12. Multicomponent mixtures. 13. Chemical reactions. Appendixes. Index. Bibliography.

In this first volume, the reader will find, collected and condensed, the information needed to characterize, analyze, and evaluate crude oils from different origins and their corresponding petroleum cuts as well. The characteristics and specifications of all the petroleum products along with their simplified process flowsheets are reviewed.Contents: 1. Composition of crude oils and petroleum products. 2. Fractionation and elemental analysis of crude oils and petroleum cuts. 3. Characterization of crude oils and petroleum fractions. 4. Methods for the calculation of hydrocarbon physical properties. 5. Characteristics of petroleum products for energy use (motor fuels - heating fuels). 6. Characteristics of non-fuel petroleum products. 7. Standards and specifications of petroleum products. 8. Evaluation of crude oils. 9. Additives for motor fuels and lubricants. 10. Introduction to refining. Appendices: Principal characteristics of pure components. Principal standard test methods for petroleum products. References. Index.