Springer Handbook of Petroleum Technology

Introduction.- Safety and the Environment.- PART A: Petroleum Characterization.- Molecular Science, Engineering and Management.- Petroinformatics.- Separations in the Sample Preparation for Sulfur Compound Analysis.- Alphaltenes.- Reservoir Evaluation by DFA Measurements and Thermodynamic Analysis.- Phase Behaviour.- PART B: Exploration and Production.- Petroleum Geology.- Origin of Petroleum.- Basin and Petroleum System Modeling.- Seismic Exploration.- Formation Evaluation.- Petroleum Production Engineering.- Offshore Production.- PART C: Refining Technologies.- Petroleum Distillation.- Gasoline Production and Blending.- Catalytic Reforming.- Fluid -Bed Catalytic Cracking.- Sulfur Removal and Recovery.- Modern Approaches to Hydrotreating Catalysis.- Hydrocracking.- Hydroprocessing Reactor Internals.- Hydrogen Production.- Hydrogen Network Optimization.- Model-Predictive Control.- Modeling Refining Processes.- Refinery-Wide Optimization.- Rigorous Kinetics Modeling of Hydrogen Synthesis.- Delayed Coking.- Transitioning Refineries from Sweet to Extra Heavy Oil.- Carbon Dioxide Mitigation.- PART D: Petrochemicals.- Conventional Lube Basestock.- Premium Lubricant Base Stocks by Hydroprocessing.- Synthetic Lubricant Base Stock.- Catalytic Processes for Light Olefin Production.- Polyolefins.- Biomass to Liquid Fuels.- Renewable Diesel and Jet Fuels.- Small Scale Catalytic Syngas Production with Plasma.- Hydrocarbon Processing by Plasma.

Dr. Chang Samuel Hsu had over 32 year experience at ExxonMobil and BP before joining in Florida State University six years ago to establish the Future Fuels Institute. He also established the Refinery of the Future Lab at BP. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor at Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering of Florida A&M University/Florida State University and also at College of Chemical Engineering of China University of Petroleum in Beijing. In 2012, he founded Petro Bio Consulting, LLC. Dr. Hsu was the first researcher to introduce ultrahigh resolution Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) for in-depth molecular characterization of petroleum fractions.  He was one of the pioneers to develop tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) at Exxon to provide an additional dimension for the determination of molecular structure of the components in complex mixtures.  Dr. Hsu's research interest covers petroleum (both upstream and downstream), coal, shale and biomass oils. His current focuses are novel characterization of petroleum biomarkers for exploration and exploitation, and heavy hydrocarbon characterization for hydroprocessing, catalytic cracking, coking and fuels/lubes analyses. He also has extensive experience in environmental damage assessment and remediation for oil spills. 



Dr. Paul Robinson earned BS (Honors) and MA degrees at the University of Missouri at Columbia. He spent a year at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, then moved to the University of California at San Diego, which rewarded him with a PhD in Chemistry. After two years as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, he began his long career in energy, starting at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where he studied hydrogen energy systems. Subsequently, at the Science and Technology Division of Unocal Corporation, he became involved in catalysis research. He earned several patents, some for commercial