Nanotechnology in Oil and Gas Industries: Principles and Applications (Topics in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering)

This book provides a powerful source to develop new, rapid and highly efficient materials for the application in various fields of oil and gas fields. It focuses on the synthesis, characterization and applications of various Nanomaterials, presenting the state-of-the-art in developments and innovations in nanocomposites. This book provides the complete practical and theoretical information about the synthesis of nanoparticles with potential use in the field of oil and gas. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Insights into the Fundamentals and Principles of the Oil and Gas Industry: The Impact of Nanotechnology (Tawfik Abdo Saleh, Saddam A. AL-Hammadi)....Pages 1-35 Nanotechnology Applications in Petroleum Refining (Ubong J. Etim, Peng Bai, Zifeng Yan)....Pages 37-65 Advances in Nanocatalyzed Hydrodesulfurization of Gasoline and Diesel Fuels (Tawfik Abdo Saleh, Ibrahim Munkaila Abdullahi)....Pages 67-96 Improvement of Hydrodesulfurization Catalysts Based on Insight of Nano Structures and Reaction Mechanisms (Hui Ge, Zegang Qiu, Zhenyu Ge, Wenpeng Han)....Pages 97-132 Selective Sulfur Removal from Liquid Fuels Using Nanostructured Adsorbents (Diana Iruretagoyena, Raul Montesano)....Pages 133-150 Nano-MoS2 and Graphene Additives in Oil for Tribological Applications (Yufu Xu, Yubin Peng, Tao You, Lulu Yao, Jian Geng, Karl D. Dearn et al.)....Pages 151-191 Hydrodesulfurization (HDS) Process Based on Nano-catalysts: The Role of Supports (Alimorad Rashidi, Fatemeh Mohammadzadeh, Sedigheh Sadegh Hassani)....Pages 193-210 Mechanisms of Desulfurization by Nanomaterials (Waqas Ahmad, Imtiaz Ahmad)....Pages 211-243 Role of Nanomaterials as an Emerging Trend Towards the Detection of Winged Contaminants (Santanu Patra, Rashmi Madhuri, Prashant K. Sharma)....Pages 245-289 Biogas Produced from Different Feedstocks in Anaerobic Digesters (Grazia Leonzio)....Pages 291-338