Energy Technology & Engineering

Heavy oil is a crude oil of typically less than 20 DegreesAPI gravity and higher than 200 cp (centipoise) viscosity at reservoir conditions. It is ...

Biorefineries are the adaptation of the petroleum refinery scheme into a biomass-based production scheme. They comprise of a number of specialised ...

Unlike conventional oil resources, unconventional oil resources have been known to exist only for the last few decades and are available in limited...

In the near future, energy demand will have a great increase, due to the enhancing needs in life quality all over the world and especially from lar...

According to Department of Energy (DOE) and industry expectations, in the next few years the United States is expected to change from a net importe...

Do countries fight wars for oil? Given the resource's exceptional military and economic importance, most people assume that states will do anything...

Assuming no mathematical or chemistry knowledge, this book introduces complete beginners to the field of petroleum engineering. Written in a straig...

From basic tenets to the latest advances, this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the process of biodesulfurization in the petrol...

An energy revolution is under way with far-reaching consequences for nations, companies, and the way we address climate change Low oil prices are s...

Petroleum and natural gas still remain the single biggest resource for energy on earth. Even as alternative and renewable sources are developed, pe...

Asphaltenes are molecular substances that are found in crude oil, along with resins, aromatic hydrocarbons, and alkanes (i.e., saturated hydrocarbo...

Asphaltenes are non-crystalline, brittle, and black solids. At high temperatures they can polymerize, and convert into coke or asphaltic residue. A...

The main objective of this manuscript is to successfully predict severe slugging behaviour in a catenary riser. A review of the existing literature...

The Marcellus Shale is a sedimentary rock formation deposited over 350 million years ago in a shallow inland sea located in the eastern United Stat...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed regulations to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from existing power plants. EPA believe...

This book brings together state-of-the-art advances in intelligent data analytics as driver of the future evolution of PaE systems. In the modern p...

This book is focused on new developments in lignocellulose research. In particular, lignocellulosic biomass has been the focus of considerable atte...

In 2015, annual average atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels surpassed a level of 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in three millio...

We are in the midst of an energy revolution, led by the United States. As the worlds greatest producer of natural gas moves aggressively to expand ...

China is the world''''s most populous country with approximately 1.3 billion people. It has experienced tremendous economic growth over the last th...

A Financial Times BEST BOOKS OF 2021'Engaging, authoritative and very timely. Marco Alverà spells Hydrogen's critical role as an energy store in th...