Preface

The petrochemical industry is an important area in our pursuit of economic growth, em‐ ployment generation, and basic needs. It is a huge field that encompasses many commercial petrochemical and polymer-enabled products. The objective of this book is to provide the critical insights on synthesis and processing, mechanism, technologies, and modeling and simulation in the petrochemical research domain to research scholars, academics, research scientists, science and engineering students, and industry professionals.

This book contains six chapters written by various distinguished authors. 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 the petroleum science and engineering technologist. This book is designed to help the reader, particularly students and researchers of petroleum science and engineering, to understand synthesis, processing, me‐ chanics, and simulation of the petroleum processes. The content is as widely encompassing as possible for the petrochemical research field. The book is based on the series of chapters written by various distinguished authors and divided into three parts: namely, introduction, synthesis and processing, and modeling and simulation as well as six chapters, each one succinctly dealing with a specific focus on the petroleum domain.

**Vivek Patel** SKO Centre for Knowledge Management of Nanoscience and Technology (CKMNT), Vijayapuri Colony, Tarnaka, Secunderabad, Telangana India

**Section 1**
