The greening of petroleum operations
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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470922378 |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xix, 859 p.) : ill. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 795-845) and index. |
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9780470922378 0470922370 9781613441725 (electronic bk.) 161344172X (electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | HD9560 |
CLC: | F407.22 |
Contents: | A Delinearized History of Civilization and the Science of Matter and Energy -- Fundamentals of Mass and Energy Balance -- A True Sustainability Criterion and Its Implications -- Scientific Characterization of Global Energy Sources -- Scientific Characterization of Light and Light Sources -- The Science of Global Warming -- Diverging Fates of Sustainable and Unsustainable Products -- Scientific Difference Between Sustainable and Unsustainable Processes -- Comparison of Various Energy Production Schemes -- The Zero-Waste Concept and its Application to Petroleum Engineering -- Sustainable Refining and Gas Processing -- Flow Assurance in Petroleum Fluids -- Sustainable Enhanced Oil Recovery -- The Knowledge Economics -- Deconstruction of Engineering Myths Prevalent in the Energy Sector -- Greening of Petroleum Operations -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Origin of Atomic Theory as Viewed by the European Scientists -- Appendix 2: Nobel Prize in Physics (2008) given for discovering breakdown of symmetry. |