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 | Production and Properties By James G. Speight Copyright: 2020 | Status: Published ISBN: 9781119707721 | Hardcover | 494 pages Price: $249 USD  |
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Written by one of the world's foremost petroleum engineers, this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date volume on synthesis gas, covering every aspect of the subject, including sources, production, feedstocks, gasification, and the environmental benefits.
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Petroleum engineers, chemical engineers, chemists, environmental engineers, environmental scientists, material scientists, geologists, students and professors of petroleum/petrochemical/ material science disciplines
Petroleum engineers, chemical engineers, chemists, environmental engineers, environmental scientists, material scientists, geologists, students and professors of petroleum/petrochemical/ material science disciplines
Description
As a follow-up to the Handbook of Gasification Technology, also from Wiley-Scrivener, Synthesis Gas goes into more depth on how the products from this important technology can reduce our global carbon footprint and lead the United States, and other countries, toward energy independence. The environmental benefits are very high, and, along with carbon capture and renewable fuels, synthesis gas (or syngas) is a huge step toward environmental sustainability.
Synthesis gas is one of the most important advancements that has ever occurred in energy production. Using this technology, for example, coal, biomass, waste products, or a combination of two or more of these can be gasified into a product that has roughly half the carbon footprint of coal alone. Used on a massive scale, just think of the potential for reducing carbon emissions!
Synthesis Gas covers all aspects of the technology, from the chemistry, processes, and production, to the products, feedstocks, and even safety in the plant. Whether a veteran engineer or scientist using it as a reference or a professor using it as a textbook, this outstanding new volume is a must-have for any library.
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As a follow-up to the Handbook of Gasification Technology, also from Wiley-Scrivener, Synthesis Gas goes into more depth on how the products from this important technology can reduce our global carbon footprint and lead the United States, and other countries, toward energy independence. The environmental benefits are very high, and, along with carbon capture and renewable fuels, synthesis gas (or syngas) is a huge step toward environmental sustainability.
Synthesis gas is one of the most important advancements that has ever occurred in energy production. Using this technology, for example, coal, biomass, waste products, or a combination of two or more of these can be gasified into a product that has roughly half the carbon footprint of coal alone. Used on a massive scale, just think of the potential for reducing carbon emissions!
Synthesis Gas covers all aspects of the technology, from the chemistry, processes, and production, to the products, feedstocks, and even safety in the plant. Whether a veteran engineer or scientist using it as a reference or a professor using it as a textbook, this outstanding new volume is a must-have for any library.
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Supplementary Data
--Dovetailing with Handbook of Gasification Technology, also available from Wiley-Scrivener, continues to outline greener paths to environmental sustainability and energy independence
--Describes the environmental benefits and the need for synthesis gas across all areas of the energy sector and how this technology can reduce our carbon footprint
--Offers a thorough and comprehensive description of the basic science of synthesis gas
--Thoroughly covers the equipment and processes of synthesis gas, including gasification, gasifier types, feedstocks, chemicals, and much more
--Is a valuable reference for engineers and scientists
--Is the perfect textbook for students studying petroleum, process, or chemical engineering
--Dovetailing with Handbook of Gasification Technology, also available from Wiley-Scrivener, continues to outline greener paths to environmental sustainability and energy independence
--Describes the environmental benefits and the need for synthesis gas across all areas of the energy sector and how this technology can reduce our carbon footprint
--Offers a thorough and comprehensive description of the basic science of synthesis gas
--Thoroughly covers the equipment and processes of synthesis gas, including gasification, gasifier types, feedstocks, chemicals, and much more
--Is a valuable reference for engineers and scientists
--Is the perfect textbook for students studying petroleum, process, or chemical engineering
Author / Editor Details
James G. Speight, PhD, has more than forty-five years of experience in energy, environmental science, and ethics. He is the author of more than 65 books in petroleum science, petroleum engineering, biomass and biofuels, and environmental sciences. Although he has always worked in private industry which focused on contract-based work, Dr. Speight has served as Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemical and Fuels Engineering at the University of Utah and in the Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Wyoming. In addition, he was a Visiting Professor in the College of Science, University of Mosul, Iraq and has also been a Visiting Professor in Chemical Engineering at the University of Missouri-Columbia, the Technical University of Denmark, and the University of Trinidad and Tobago.
James G. Speight, PhD, has more than forty-five years of experience in energy, environmental science, and ethics. He is the author of more than 65 books in petroleum science, petroleum engineering, biomass and biofuels, and environmental sciences. Although he has always worked in private industry which focused on contract-based work, Dr. Speight has served as Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemical and Fuels Engineering at the University of Utah and in the Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Wyoming. In addition, he was a Visiting Professor in the College of Science, University of Mosul, Iraq and has also been a Visiting Professor in Chemical Engineering at the University of Missouri-Columbia, the Technical University of Denmark, and the University of Trinidad and Tobago.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Sources of Synthesis Gas
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Typical Energy Sources
2.1 Natural Gas and Natural Gas Hydrates
2.2 The Crude Oil Family
2.3 Extra Heavy Crude Oil and Tar Sand Bitumen
3.0 Other Energy Feedstocks
3.1 Coal
3.2 Oil Shale
3.3 Biomass
3.4 Solid Waste
4.0 Energy Supply
4.1 Economic Factors
4.2 Geopolitical Factors
4.3 Physical Factors
4.4 Technological Factors
4.5 Process Options
5.0 Energy Independence
6.0 References
Chapter 2: Production of Synthesis Gas
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Synthesis Gas Generation
3.0 Feedstocks
3.1 Natural Gas
3.2 Crude Oil Resid, Heavy Crude Oil, Extra Heavy Crude Oil, and Tar Sand Bitumen
3.3 Refinery Coke
3.4 Coal
3.5 Biomass
3.6 Solid Waste
3.7 Black Liquor
3.8 Mixed Feedstocks
3.8.1 Biomass and Coal
3.8.2 Biomass and Municipal Solid Waste
4.0 Influence of Feedstock Quality
5.0 Gasification Processes
5.1 Feedstock Pretreatment
5.2 Feedstock Devolatilization
5.3 Char Gasification
5.4 General Chemistry
5.5 Stage-by-Stage Chemistry
5.5.1 Primary Gasification
5.5.2 Secondary Gasification
5.5.3 Water Gas Shift Reaction
5.5.4 Carbon Dioxide Gasification
5.5.5 Hydrogasification
5.5.6 Methanation
5.5.7 Catalytic Gasification
5.6 Physical Effects
5.6.1 Influence of Feedstock Quality
5.6.2 Mixed Feedstocks
5.6.3 Mineral Matter Content and Ash Production
5.6.4 Heat Release
5.6.5 Other Design Options
6.0 Products
6.1 Gaseous Products
6.1.1 Low Btu Gas
6.1.2 Medium Btu Gas
6.1.3 High Btu Gas
6.1.4 Synthesis Gas
6.2 Liquid Products
6.3 Tar
7.0 References
Chapter 3: Gasifiers and Gasification Chemistry
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Gasifier Types
2.1 Fixed Bed Gasifier
2.2 Fluid Bed Gasifier
2.3 Entrained Bed Gasifier
2.4 Molten Salt Gasifier
2.5 Plasma Gasifier
2.6 Other Types
2.7 Gasifier Selection
3.0 General Chemistry
3.1 Devolatilization
3.2 Char Gasification
3.3 Products
4.0 Process Options
4.1 Process Parameters
4.2 Effect of Hear release
4.3 Other Effects
5.0 References
Chapter 4: Evolution of the Coal Gasification Process
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Coal Types and Properties
3.0 Gas Products
3.1 Coal Devolatilization
3.2 Char Gasification
3.3 Gasification Chemistry
3.4 Other Process Options
3.4.1 Hydrogasification
3.4.2 Catalytic Gasification
3.4.3 Plasma Gasification
3.5 Process Optimization
4.0 Product Quality
4.1 Low Btu Gas
4.2 Medium Btu Gas
4.3 High Btu Gas
4.4 Methane
4.5 Hydrogen
5.0 Chemicals Production
5.1 Coal Tar Chemicals
5.2 Fischer-Tropsch Chemicals
5.2.1 Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts
5.2.2 Product Distribution
6.0 Advantages and Limitations
7.0 References
Chapter 5: Gasification of Heavy Feedstocks
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Heavy Feedstocks
2.1 Crude Oil Residua
2.2 Heavy Oil
2.3 Extra Heavy Oil
2.4 Tar Sand Bitumen
2.5 Other Feedstocks
2.5.1 Crude Oil Coke
2.5.2 Solvent Deasphalter Bottoms
2.5.3 Mixed Feedstocks
3.0 Synthesis Gas Production
3.1 Partial Oxidation Technology
3.1.1 Shell Gasification Process
3.1.2 Texaco Process
3.1.3 Phillips Process
3.2 Catalytic Partial Oxidation
4.0 Products
4.1 Gas Purification and Quality
4.2 Process Optimization
5.0 Advantages and Limitations
5.1 Other Uses of Residua
5.2 Gasification in the Future Refinery
6.0 References
Chapter 6: Gasification of Biomass
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Gasification Chemistry
2.1 General Aspects
2.2 Reactions
2.2.1 Water Gas Shift reaction
2.2.2 Carbon Dioxide Gasification
2.2.3 Hydrogasification
2.2.4 Methanation
3.0 Gasification Processes
3.1 Gasifiers
3.2 Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
3.3 Feedstocks
3.3.1 Biomass
3.3.2 Gasification of Biomass with Coal
3.3.3 Gasification of Biomass with Othert Feedstocks
4.0 Gas Production and Other Products
4.1 Gas Production
4.2 Gaseous Products
4.2.1 Synthesis Gas
4.2.2 Low-Btu Gas
4.2.3 Medium-Btu Gas
4.2.4 High-Btu Gas
4.3 Liquid Products
4.4 Solid Products
5.0 The Future
6.0 References
Chapter 7: Gasification of Waste
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Waste Types
2.1 Solid Waste
2.2 Municipal Solid Waste
2.3 Industrial Waste
2.4 Bio-solids
2.5 Biomedical Waste
2.6
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Chapter 1: Sources of Synthesis Gas
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Typical Energy Sources
2.1 Natural Gas and Natural Gas Hydrates
2.2 The Crude Oil Family
2.3 Extra Heavy Crude Oil and Tar Sand Bitumen
3.0 Other Energy Feedstocks
3.1 Coal
3.2 Oil Shale
3.3 Biomass
3.4 Solid Waste
4.0 Energy Supply
4.1 Economic Factors
4.2 Geopolitical Factors
4.3 Physical Factors
4.4 Technological Factors
4.5 Process Options
5.0 Energy Independence
6.0 References
Chapter 2: Production of Synthesis Gas
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Synthesis Gas Generation
3.0 Feedstocks
3.1 Natural Gas
3.2 Crude Oil Resid, Heavy Crude Oil, Extra Heavy Crude Oil, and Tar Sand Bitumen
3.3 Refinery Coke
3.4 Coal
3.5 Biomass
3.6 Solid Waste
3.7 Black Liquor
3.8 Mixed Feedstocks
3.8.1 Biomass and Coal
3.8.2 Biomass and Municipal Solid Waste
4.0 Influence of Feedstock Quality
5.0 Gasification Processes
5.1 Feedstock Pretreatment
5.2 Feedstock Devolatilization
5.3 Char Gasification
5.4 General Chemistry
5.5 Stage-by-Stage Chemistry
5.5.1 Primary Gasification
5.5.2 Secondary Gasification
5.5.3 Water Gas Shift Reaction
5.5.4 Carbon Dioxide Gasification
5.5.5 Hydrogasification
5.5.6 Methanation
5.5.7 Catalytic Gasification
5.6 Physical Effects
5.6.1 Influence of Feedstock Quality
5.6.2 Mixed Feedstocks
5.6.3 Mineral Matter Content and Ash Production
5.6.4 Heat Release
5.6.5 Other Design Options
6.0 Products
6.1 Gaseous Products
6.1.1 Low Btu Gas
6.1.2 Medium Btu Gas
6.1.3 High Btu Gas
6.1.4 Synthesis Gas
6.2 Liquid Products
6.3 Tar
7.0 References
Chapter 3: Gasifiers and Gasification Chemistry
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Gasifier Types
2.1 Fixed Bed Gasifier
2.2 Fluid Bed Gasifier
2.3 Entrained Bed Gasifier
2.4 Molten Salt Gasifier
2.5 Plasma Gasifier
2.6 Other Types
2.7 Gasifier Selection
3.0 General Chemistry
3.1 Devolatilization
3.2 Char Gasification
3.3 Products
4.0 Process Options
4.1 Process Parameters
4.2 Effect of Hear release
4.3 Other Effects
5.0 References
Chapter 4: Evolution of the Coal Gasification Process
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Coal Types and Properties
3.0 Gas Products
3.1 Coal Devolatilization
3.2 Char Gasification
3.3 Gasification Chemistry
3.4 Other Process Options
3.4.1 Hydrogasification
3.4.2 Catalytic Gasification
3.4.3 Plasma Gasification
3.5 Process Optimization
4.0 Product Quality
4.1 Low Btu Gas
4.2 Medium Btu Gas
4.3 High Btu Gas
4.4 Methane
4.5 Hydrogen
5.0 Chemicals Production
5.1 Coal Tar Chemicals
5.2 Fischer-Tropsch Chemicals
5.2.1 Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts
5.2.2 Product Distribution
6.0 Advantages and Limitations
7.0 References
Chapter 5: Gasification of Heavy Feedstocks
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Heavy Feedstocks
2.1 Crude Oil Residua
2.2 Heavy Oil
2.3 Extra Heavy Oil
2.4 Tar Sand Bitumen
2.5 Other Feedstocks
2.5.1 Crude Oil Coke
2.5.2 Solvent Deasphalter Bottoms
2.5.3 Mixed Feedstocks
3.0 Synthesis Gas Production
3.1 Partial Oxidation Technology
3.1.1 Shell Gasification Process
3.1.2 Texaco Process
3.1.3 Phillips Process
3.2 Catalytic Partial Oxidation
4.0 Products
4.1 Gas Purification and Quality
4.2 Process Optimization
5.0 Advantages and Limitations
5.1 Other Uses of Residua
5.2 Gasification in the Future Refinery
6.0 References
Chapter 6: Gasification of Biomass
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Gasification Chemistry
2.1 General Aspects
2.2 Reactions
2.2.1 Water Gas Shift reaction
2.2.2 Carbon Dioxide Gasification
2.2.3 Hydrogasification
2.2.4 Methanation
3.0 Gasification Processes
3.1 Gasifiers
3.2 Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
3.3 Feedstocks
3.3.1 Biomass
3.3.2 Gasification of Biomass with Coal
3.3.3 Gasification of Biomass with Othert Feedstocks
4.0 Gas Production and Other Products
4.1 Gas Production
4.2 Gaseous Products
4.2.1 Synthesis Gas
4.2.2 Low-Btu Gas
4.2.3 Medium-Btu Gas
4.2.4 High-Btu Gas
4.3 Liquid Products
4.4 Solid Products
5.0 The Future
6.0 References
Chapter 7: Gasification of Waste
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Waste Types
2.1 Solid Waste
2.2 Municipal Solid Waste
2.3 Industrial Waste
2.4 Bio-solids
2.5 Biomedical Waste
2.6
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BISAC SUBJECT HEADINGS
TEC031030 : TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Fossil Fuels
SCI024000 : SCIENCE / Energy
BUS070040 : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy
BIC CODES
THFG: Gas technology
TDCB: Chemical engineering
RNU: Sustainability
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