Book excerpt: Annotation Presents fundamentals of chemical and physical mechanisms at the basis of processes used in petroleum refining, explaining thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, reactor calculation, and industrial catalysis. Covers upgrading light fractions (reforming and isomerization), converting distillates (catalytic cracking, hydrocracking, and associated equipment), converting residues (visbreaking, coking, and hydroconversion), and reducing air and water pollution (white product sweetening, acid gas, stack gas, and waste water treatment). This is a translation of Le reffinage du petrole. Tome 3. Procedes de transformation., 1998, Editions Technip, Paris. Distributed by Enfield. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.