Petroleum Refinery Engineering Questions

• Cetane number of diesel used in trucks may be about
• Pour point and freezing point is equal for
• Furfural solvent extraction is used for upgrading (by dissolving aromatics)
• The octane number of aviation gasoline may be
• Which of the following fractions of a crude oil will have the maximum gravity API (i.e. °API)?
• Flash point of an oil gives an idea of the
• Illuminating characteristics of kerosene is expressed by its
• Which is the most undesirable component in kerosene?
• Pick out the wrong statement about the smoking tendency of various hydrocarbon constituents of kerosene.
• Which of the following has the lowest viscosity (at a given temperature) of all?
• The coking process normally mostly used in Indian oil refineries is the __________ coking process.
• Tanks used for the storage of petroleum products (which are inflammable) should be painted with a __________ paint.
• Catalyst used in catalytic reforming is
• __________ converts n-paraffins to i-paraffins.
• Solution used in Doctor's treatment for the removal of mercaptans is
• Pick out the undesirable property for a solvent meant for dewaxing of lube oil.
• Stabilisation of gasoline (petrol) means
• Most commonly used crude heater before the fractionation tower in a refinery is the __________ heater.
• True boiling point apparatus is used for the
• Complete removal of __________ from gasoline is done by Unisol process using caustic soda and methyl alcohol.