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- Question
Doctor's solution used for sweetening of petroleum products is
Options- A. sodium plumbite
- B. sodium sulphite
- C. sodium thiosulphate
- D. lead sulphate
- Correct Answer
- sodium plumbite
- 1. The yield of straight run LPG from crude oil is about __________ weight percent.
Options- A. 20-25
- B. 1-1.5
- C. 10-15
- D. 0.1-0.2 Discuss
- 2. Pressure maintained in the high pressure primary tower of a three stage crude oil distillation system is about __________ kg/cm2 .
Options- A. 1.5
- B. 3
- C. 6
- D. 12 Discuss
- 3. Pick out the wrong statement.
Options- A. Lower boiling paraffins have higher octane number than higher paraffins.
- B. Dehydrogenation of naphthenes to aromatics is a desirable reaction in reforming process.
- C. The most ideal feedstock for thermal reforming is dearomatised kerosene.
- D. Catalyst used in catalytic reforming is platinum on silica-alumina base. Discuss
- 4. Absolute vapor pressure of petrofuels is found by Reid bomb which is heated in water bath to 100°F. In Reid apparatus, the ratio of the volume of air chamber to that of the liquid fuel chamber is
Options- A. 1
- B. 2
- C. 3
- D. 4 Discuss
- 5. Which of the following processes in oil refinery does not employ 'cracking'?
Options- A. Coking
- B. Visbreaking
- C. Pyrolysis
- D. None of these Discuss
- 6. Which of the following is used as a solvent in deasphalting of petroleum products?
Options- A. Furfural
- B. Propane
- C. Methyl ethyl ketone
- D. Liquid sulphur dioxide Discuss
- 7. Crude oil is subjected to vacuum distillation in the last stage, because
Options- A. high boiling point products like heavy fuel oil & lubricating oils are heat sensitive and may decompose.
- B. lighter/low boiling products are prone to thermal decomposition.
- C. high purity products can be obtained thereby.
- D. none of these. Discuss
- 8. Bottom product of atmospheric pressure crude oil distillation column is termed as
Options- A. reduced crude
- B. heavy ends
- C. asphalt
- D. residuum Discuss
- 9. Catalyst used in the catalytic cracking is
Options- A. silica-alumina
- B. silica gel
- C. vanadium pentoxide
- D. nickel Discuss
- 10. Aniline point test of an oil qualitatively indicates the __________ content of an oil.
Options- A. paraffin
- B. olefin
- C. aromatic
- D. naphthene Discuss
Petroleum Refinery Engineering problems
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Correct Answer: 1-1.5
Correct Answer: 3
Correct Answer: The most ideal feedstock for thermal reforming is dearomatised kerosene.
Correct Answer: 4
Correct Answer: None of these
Correct Answer: Propane
Correct Answer: high boiling point products like heavy fuel oil & lubricating oils are heat sensitive and may decompose.
Correct Answer: reduced crude
Correct Answer: silica-alumina
Correct Answer: aromatic
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