Petroleum refining operations: Key issues, advances, and opportunities

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1161-1170

  Shah, Nikisha K ^a   Li, Zukui ^a   Ierapetritou, Marianthi G ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION LEVELS; ENTERPRISE-WIDE OPTIMIZATION; FUTURE CHALLENGES; KEY ISSUES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LOADING AND UNLOADING; MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS; OIL EXPLORATION; OIL REFINERIES; PETROLEUM SUPPLY; PRODUCTION UNITS; SALES AND DISTRIBUTION;

BLENDING; CRUDE OIL; DECISION MAKING; MANUFACTURE; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PLANNING; REFINING; SCHEDULING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; UNLOADING;

PETROLEUM REFINING;

EID: 79952786364     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie1010004     Document Type: Article

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