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Since the fourth edition was published, the death of Glenn Handwerk has made it
very difficult to prepare this edition, because his knowledge and experience in the
industry were instrumental in maintaining the quality of the construction and operating
costs for the processes included, as well as because of his practical experience in
designing and supervising the construction and operation of refinery process units.
He was a well-liked and highly regarded consulting engineer for many companies,
and his work kept him up to date in all facets of the industry. He will be greatly missed.
Mark Kaiser is well experienced in preparing cost and utility data for the
chemical and petroleum industry, and he uses his expertise to replace that lost by
Glenn Handwerk’s death. His help and the willingness of David Geddes to prepare
Chapter 14, Refinery Economics and Planning, made it possible to complete this
fifth edition. Their help is greatly appreciated.
Today, refiners are facing investments of billions of dollars in equipment to meet
environmental requirements frequently set by political stipulation with little regard
to true economic and environmental impacts. Guidelines set up by laws and regulations
are changed frequently. Because the designing and building of new processing
units entail several years of lead time, refiners are reluctant to commit millions or
billions of dollars to constructing equipment that may no longer meet requirements
when the units come on stream. For the period, much effort is being devoted to the
development of reformulated fuels that have a minimal impact on degradation of
the environment, and much work is being done to produce renewable fuels so the
United States will be self-sustaining in its energy requirements
James H. Gary Glenn E. Handwerk and Mark J. Kaiser - Personal Name
5th Edition
10: 0-8493-7038-8
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Petroleum Refining Technology and Economic
Management
English
Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
2007
USA
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