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Acknowledgments

This project is the culmination of five years of research, collating relevant materials from organizations, institutions, companies and publishers, developing Excel spreadsheet programs and computer programs; using Honeywell’s UniSim steady state simulation programs and providing the majority of the drawings in the text.

Sincere gratitude to Honeywell Process Solutions for granting permission to incorporate the use of UniSim Design simulation and many other suites of software programs in the book. I express my thanks to Dr. Jamie Barber of Honeywell Process Solutions for his friendship and help over many years of using the UniSim software. To Mr. Ahmed Mutawa formerly of SASREF Co., Saudi Arabia for developing the Conversion Table program for the book.

Many organizations, institutions and companies as Gas Processor Suppliers Association (GPSA), USA, Honeywell Process Solutions, Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Co., (SASREF), Absoft Corporation, USA., American Institute of Chemical Engineers, The Institution of Chemical Engineers, U.K., Chemical Engineering magazine by Access Intelligence, USA., Hydrocarbon Processing magazine have readily given permission for the use of materials and their release for publication. I greatly acknowledge and express my deepest gratitude to these organizations.

I have been privileged to have met with Phil Carmical, Publisher at Scrivener Publishing Co., some twenty years ago. Phil initiated the well-known Ludwig’s project at the time during his tenure at Gulf Publishing Co., and Elsevier, respectively. His suggestions in collaborating on these important works some seven years ago were timely to the engineering community, as I hope that these works will be greatly beneficial to this community world-wide. I’m deeply grateful to Phil for agreeing to collaborate with me, his suggestions and assistance since. It is my believe upon completing this aspect of the project that the book will save lives in the refinery industry.

I also wish to express my thanks to the Wiley-Scrivener team: Kris Hackerott-Graphics Designer, Bryan Aubrey – Copy editor, Myrna Ting – Typesetter and her colleagues. I am truly grateful for your professionalism, assistance and help in the production of this volume.

Finally,

Bow down in humility before the Greatness of God,

whose Love is never-ending, and who sends us his help at all times.

He alone is Life and the Power and the Glory for ever and ever.

A. Kayode Coker