Impact of gasoline and diesel specifications on the refining industry

Energy Sources

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 203-214

  Anabtawi, Jamal Adli ^a   Ali, Syed Ahmed ^a   Ali, Mohammed Ashraf ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aromatic reduction; Cetane improvement; Deep HDS; Gasoline and diesel specification; Hydrogen balance; Oxygenate production; Refining solution; Reid vapor pressure reduction

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CATALYSTS; COLOR; DIESEL FUELS; GASOLINE; ISOMERIZATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; REFORMING REACTIONS; SPECIFICATIONS; SULFUR;

BOILING POINT; CATALYTIC REFORMERS; CETANE NUMBER; HYDROGEN BALANCE; HYDROTREATING SEVERITY; OXYGENATE PRODUCTION; REFINING INDUSTRY; REID VAPOR PRESSURE REDUCTION; VOLATILITY;

PETROLEUM REFINING;

EID: 0006932158     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908319608908759     Document Type: Article

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