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The first crude oil refinery of India is located at
Options
A. Naharkatiya
B. Digboi
C. Kochin
D. Madras
Correct Answer
Digboi
Petroleum Refinery Engineering problems
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1. Butadiene is a/an
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A. di-olefin
B. naphthene
C. aromatic
D. olefin
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Correct Answer: di-olefin
2. The pressure (kg/cm
2
) and temperature (°C) maintained in electrical desalters for crude oil are respectively
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A. 10 and 120
B. 1 and 200
C. 50 and 250
D. 10 and 300
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Correct Answer: 10 and 120
3. Which is almost absent in crude petroleum?
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A. Olefins
B. Mercaptans
C. Naphthenes
D. Cycloparaffins
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Correct Answer: Mercaptans
4. Presence of aromatics in
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A. diesel increases its cetane number.
B. kerosene increases its smoke point.
C. petrol increases its octane number.
D. all (a), (b) and (c).
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Correct Answer: petrol increases its octane number.
5. Choose the correct statement regarding thermal cracking.
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A. Moderate changes in operating temperature does not change the depth of cracking.
B. Increased residence time results in the decreased severity of cracking.
C. At low pressure, the yield of lighter hydrocarbons are more.
D. Greater depth of cracking gives lower octane number gasoline.
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Correct Answer: Greater depth of cracking gives lower octane number gasoline.
6. Pick out the wrong statement.
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A. Higher temperature is employed in visbreaking than in thermal cracking.
B. Pyrolysis is a mild thermal cracking process.
C. Lead suceptibility of petrol produced by catalytic process is more than that produced by thermal cracking.
D. Operating pressure and temperature in thermal cracking process is more than that in catalytic cracking process.
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Correct Answer: Higher temperature is employed in visbreaking than in thermal cracking.
7. Sulphur content in lighter and heavier petroleum products is generally determined respectively by
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A. lamp method and bomb method.
B. bomb method and lamp method.
C. bomb method and quartz tube method.
D. quartz tube method and lamp method.
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Correct Answer: bomb method and lamp method.
8. Phenols are added in gasoline to
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A. improve the octane number.
B. act as an antioxidant.
C. reduce its viscosity.
D. increase its pour point.
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Correct Answer: act as an antioxidant.
9. Removal of light fractions from crude oil is called its
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A. sweetening
B. dehydration
C. stabilisation
D. visbreaking
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Correct Answer: stabilisation
10. Higher viscosity of lubricating oil usually signifies
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A. lower Reid vapour pressure.
B. higher acid number.
C. higher flash point and fire point.
D. lower flash point and fire point.
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Correct Answer: higher flash point and fire point.
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