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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.
Correct Answer
bomb method and lamp method.
Petroleum Refinery Engineering problems
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1. 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.
2. The first crude oil refinery of India is located at
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A. Naharkatiya
B. Digboi
C. Kochin
D. Madras
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Correct Answer: Digboi
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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.
7. 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
8. 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.
9. Which of the following has the lowest flash point of all?
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A. Diesel
B. Kerosene
C. Petrol
D. Furnace oil
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Correct Answer: Petrol
10. Which of the following has the highest gum forming tendency in gosoline?
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A. Paraffins
B. Diolefins
C. Aromatics
D. Naphthenes
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Correct Answer: Diolefins
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