Petrochemical economics
Subtitle: technology selection in a carbon constrained world
By: Duncan Seddon
Series: Catalytic science series -- v. 8
Publisher: Imperial College Press; Distributed by World Scientific Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; Singapore; Hackensack, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781848165342
Subjects: Petroleum chemicals industry; Technological innovations; Costs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: World ethylene production by steam cracking; title: Chemistry of olefin production; title: Gaseous feedstocks - production and price; title: Liquid feedstock, production and price; title: Value of products, storage and transport; title: Carbon dioxide emissions; title: Ethane cracking; title: LPG cracking; title: Liquid feedstock cracking; title: Other routes to olefins from hydrocarbons; title: Routes to olefins from coal; title: Closing remarks.