Petroleum Refinery Engineering Questions

• Increase in the specific gravity of petroleum products indicates
• Crude topping column operates at __________ pressure.
• Petroleum liquid fuels having flash point greater than 66°C is considered as safe during storage and handling. Which of the following has flash point > 66°C?
• True vapour pressure of a petroleum fraction __________ Reid vapour pressure.
• Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), a high octane (octane no. = 115) gasoline blending component is produced by the simple additive reaction of isobutylene with
• Which of the following is the most widely used cracking process in oil refineries?
• Hydrogen percentage (by weight) in crude petroleum may be about
• The amount of tetraethyl lead added to improve the octane number of motor gasoline is around __________ c.c per gallon of petrol.
• Feedstock for polymerisation is
• Octane number (unleaded) of gasoline produced by isomerisation of butane may be about
• Which of the following processes is used for the production of petroleum coke?
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• In a refinery petroleum crude is fractionated into gas fraction, light ends, intermediate distillates, heavy distillates, residues and by products. The group of products including gas oil, diesel oil and heavy fuel oil belongs to the fraction