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www.astm.orgISBN:978-0-8031-7022-3Stock#:MNL58M.R.Riazi,S.Eser,S.S.Agrawal,J.L.Pea Dez,editorsRiazi,Eser,Agrawal,Pea Dez Petroleum Refining and Natural Gas ProcessingDr.M.R.Riazi is currently a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Kuwait University.He was previ-ously an Assistant Professor at Pennsylvania State University(USA),where he also received his MS and PhD.He was also a visiting professor at various universities in the U.S.,Canada,Europe and the Middle East.He has been consultant and invited speaker to more than 50 oil companies and research institutions in Canada,the U.S.,Europe,India,China,Malaysia,Australia,the Middle East and North Africa,including invited speaker to the World Economic Forum.He is the author/co-author of more than 100 publications,including three books mainly in the areas of petroleum and chemical technology.He is the founding and Editor-in-Chief of IJOGC and an associate editor of some other international journals.He was awarded a Diploma of Honor from the National(American)Petroleum Engineering Society,as well as teaching and research awards from various universities.He is amember of AIChE and the Research Society of North America.(www.RiaziM.com)Semih Eser is a Professor of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering at Penn State University.He received his B.S.and M.S.degrees in Chemical Engineering from Middle East Technical University in Ankara,Turkey and his Ph.D.in Fuel Science from Penn State University.Professor Eser teaches courses on petroleum refining and energy engineering at John and Willie Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering and directs the Carbon Materials Program at the EMS Energy Institute at Penn State.He has served as Program Chair,Chair,and Councilor in the Fuel Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society and as member of the Advisory Committee of the American Carbon Society.Dr.Suresh S.Agrawal is founder and president of Offsite Management Systems LLC()and has developed and installed innovative and technologically advanced automation software products,and integrated solutions for the automation of offsite operations of Chemical,Oil and Gas(COG)Industries.Dr.Agrawal has 25+years of experience at senior positions with companies,including being Director of Refinery Offsite Operations at ABB Industrial Systems,Inc.,Houston,Texas.He worked earlier with reputable companies such as 3X Corporation and Exxon Corporation in New Jersey.Dr.Agrawal has successfully managed many advanced offsite refinery control projects in numerous countries.He has a doctorate degree(Ph.D.)in Chemical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology,Chicago,and a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology(I.I.T.),Mumbai,India.He has published more than 20 technical papers in the area of refinery offsite automation.Jos Luis Pea Dez is a consultant at the Technology Center at Repsol in Madrid,Spain.His profes-sional activity includes more than twenty years of experience leading and participating in research projects in upstream and downstream petroleum technologies.Following his studies in chemical sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid,he collaborated with universities and academic institutions to coordinate activities in the areas of chemical engineering and special process simulation.He is currently a part-time associate professor in chemical engineering at the Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid.Pea Dez is the author of forty technical articles and presentations at international conferences in the fields of petroleum fluids characterization,process engineering and control,and process simulation,areas in which his expertise contributed to this book.Semih EserM.R.RiaziSuresh S.AgrawalPetroleum Refining and Natural Gas ProcessingJos Luis Pea Dez Petroleum Refining and Natural Gas ProcessingM.R.Riazi,Semih Eser,Suresh S.Agrawal,and Jos Luis Pea Dez,EditorsASTM Stock Number:MNL58ASTM International100 Barr Harbor DrivePO Box C700West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959Printed in U.S.A.AST-MNL58-11-0801-FM.indd 113/03/13 4:29 PM ii Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataPetroleum refining and natural gas processing/M.R.Riazi.et al.p.cm.(ASTM manual series;MNL 58)Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN 978-0-8031-7022-3(alk.paper)1.PetroleumRefining.2.Natural gas.I.Riazi,M.R.TP690.P4728 2011 665.53dc23 2011027593Copyright 2013 ASTM International,West Conshohocken,PA.All rights reserved.This material may not be reproduced or copied,in whole or in part,in any printed,mechanical,electronic,film,or other distribution and storage media,without the written consent of the publisher.ASTM Photocopy RightsAuthorization to photocopy items for internal,personal,or educational classroom use of specific clients is granted by ASTM International provided that the appropriate fee is paid to ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959;Tel:610-832-9634;online:http:/www.astm.org/copyright/ASTM I