This useful reference offers in-depth coverage of current techniques for converting heavy oils and residues into more valuable distillates. Examines the chemistry of heavy hydrocarbon feeds and their properties important to engineering design, including phase behavior, reaction kinetics, and thermodynamic and transport characteristics Discussing the design and operation of conversion processes in terms of the underlying chemical and physical properties of the residual feedstock, Upgrading Petroleum Residues and Heavy Oils describes the latest technologies for upgrading residues, including thermal and catalytic processes operating at high and low pressures explains the underlying behavior of complex refining processes provides process flowsheets for upgrading residues explicates kinetics, operability, hydrodynamics, and environmental impact illustrates important calculations with complete examples that show how theory is used in real applications and much more

"This useful reference offers in-depth coverage of current techniques for converting heavy oils and residues into more valuable distillates.Examines the chemistry of heavy hydrocarbon feeds and their properties important to engineering design, including phase behavior, reaction kinetics, and thermodynamic and transport characteristics!"