TY - CHAP AU - Juan Pereira AU - Ingrid Velasquez AU - Ronald Blanco AU - Meraldo Sanchez AU - César Pernalete AU - Carlos Canelón ED - Vivek Patel Y1 - 2015-09-30 PY - 2015 T1 - Crude Oil Desalting Process N2 - The petrochemical industry is an important area in our pursuits for economic growth, employment generation, and basic needs. It is a huge field that encompasses many commercial petrochemical and polymer-enabled products. The book is designed to help the reader, particularly students and researchers of petroleum science and engineering, to understand synthesis, processing, mechanics, and simulation of the petroleum processes. The selection of topics addressed and the examples, tables, and graphs used to illustrate them are governed, to a large extent, by the fact that this book is aimed primarily at petroleum science and engineering technologists. Undoubtedly, this book contains must read materials for students, engineers, and researchers working in the area of petrochemicals and petroleum and provides valuable insights into the related synthesis, processing, mechanisms, and simulation. This book is concise, self-explanatory, informative, and cost-effective. BT - Advances in Petrochemicals SP - Ch. 4 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/61274 DO - 10.5772/61274 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -