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Elements of Petrochemical Engineering book is meant for the students, teachers and practicing Engineers.This book contains the manufacture, properties and applications of important petrochemicals. Important informations about feedstocks and applications of petrochemical derived products, status of Indian Petrochemical Industry and environment standards for the petrochemical plant are given in the appendices.It also contains short questions and answers and multiple choice questions and answers drawn from examination papers of various engineering colleges for the benefits of the students.The book is targeted to benefit the following :Diploma in Engineering Students, Degree in Engineering Students, AMIE AMIIM, AMIICHE students, Faculty members and teaching staff, Practicing Engineers/Professionals. Latest and updated informations/ data/statistics pertaining to the subject matter has been included in the edition for the benefit of the readers. About the Author Om Prakash Gupta is basically being a chemical engineer, he has a practising experience of efficient Ennergy management and HR functions in steel Industry for more than three decades. privileged to be the youngest writer of technical books in the country (for he had written his first book at the age of 24 years while doing M. Tech. at I.I.T kanpur in 1979), he has authored many frontline books for engineering students. besides, being the regular faculty member in technical courses for Management Trainees (Technical), he has also visited england and france on a study tour sponsored by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to study the scope of energy conservation in steel plants in 1987.Prof. Saikat Maitra is presently working as the Vice Chancellor of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal (formerly West Bengal University of Technology). He did his B.Sc (Honours in Chemistry) from the Presidency Colleges, Kolkata, B.Tech, M.Tech and Ph.D in Chemical Technology from the University of Calcutta. He is a Chartered Chemical Engineer and Fellow of Institute of Engineers (India). Prof. Maitra earlier worked as Professor and Principal-in-Charge at Government College of Engineering; Ceramic Technology, Associate Professor at University Technology Petronas, Malasiya and as Scientist at Central Fuel Research Institute, Dhanbad. He has worked in industries too. Prof. Maitra published 150 research papers in different national & international journals, presented 60 papers in different conferences, filed two patents, authored three books and three book chapters. He has guided twelve Ph.D students, completed several funded research projects, organized several training programmes and workshops. He visited many countries like US, Australia, Italy, Malasiya, Singapore, Thailand, Bangladesh, Baharain etc for delivering lecturers.